Tin El Koum

Tin El Koum
Village
Tin El Koum
Coordinates: DZ 24°35′26″N 10°11′40″E / 24.59056°N 10.19444°E / 24.59056; 10.19444Coordinates: DZ 24°35′26″N 10°11′40″E / 24.59056°N 10.19444°E / 24.59056; 10.19444
Country  Algeria
Province Illizi Province
District Djanet District
Commune Djanet[1]
Elevation 735 m (2,411 ft)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)

Tin El Koum (also written Tin Alkoum) is a village in the commune of Djanet,[1] in Djanet District, Illizi Province, Algeria. It is located in the same valley as Ghat in Libya, deep within in the south-eastern Tassili N'Ajjer mountain range, east of Djanet.[2] It is the location of a border crossing into Libya which is controlled by independent Tuareg militias in the Libyan civil war.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Décret n° 84-365, fixant la composition, la consistance et les limites territoriale des communes. Wilaya d'El Oued" (PDF) (in French). Journal officiel de la République Algérienne,. 19 December 1984. p. 1554. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 March 2013 or before. Retrieved 2 March 2013. Check date values in: |archive-date= (help)
  2. "Tin Alkoum, Algeria". Geonames.org. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  3. "Algeria thwarts Mali arms smuggling". Magharebia. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
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