Mali–Algeria border
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The Mali–Algeria border is a remote, largely desert frontier in the central Sahara that separates northern Mali from southern Algeria and has strategic significance for trans-Saharan trade and security.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Algerian–Malian border | 1 |
| Mali–Algeria border canonical | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
international border
ⓘ
land border ⓘ |
| borderFeature |
difficult terrain
ⓘ
limited infrastructure ⓘ sparsely populated ⓘ |
| cameIntoExistenceWith |
independence of Algeria
ⓘ
independence of Mali ⓘ |
| characterizedAs |
largely desert
ⓘ
remote ⓘ |
| country1 | Mali NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country2 | Algeria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| crossesEcoregion | Saharan desert ecoregion ⓘ |
| dateOfCurrentForm | 1960 ⓘ |
| demarcationType | largely straight-line segments ⓘ |
| formedBy | colonial-era delimitation ⓘ |
| governedBy | Mali–Algeria bilateral treaties NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasApproximateLength |
about 1376 kilometres
ⓘ
about 855 miles ⓘ |
| hasBorderControlPoints |
official crossing at Bordj Badji Mokhtar
ⓘ
official crossing at Tin Zaouatine ⓘ |
| hasClimate | hyper-arid ⓘ |
| hasStrategicSignificanceFor |
counterterrorism operations
ⓘ
regional security ⓘ smuggling control ⓘ trans-Saharan trade ⓘ |
| historicallyDefinedBy | French colonial administration NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Sahara Desert
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
central Sahara ⓘ |
| locatedOnContinent | Africa ⓘ |
| partOf | Sahel security context ⓘ |
| passesNearSettlement |
Bordj Badji Mokhtar
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kidal region settlements ⓘ Tin Zaouatine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| passesThroughRegion |
Adrar des Ifoghas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tanezrouft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| patrolledBy |
Algerian security forces
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Malian security forces ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | United Nations member states NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| securityIssue |
armed group movements
ⓘ
trafficking of arms ⓘ trafficking of drugs ⓘ trafficking of migrants ⓘ |
| separates |
northern Mali
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
southern Algeria ⓘ |
| subjectOf | bilateral security cooperation agreements ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Arab communities
ⓘ
Tuareg communities NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
informal trade routes
ⓘ
nomadic pastoral movements ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Adrar des Ifoghas
this entity surface form:
Algerian–Malian border