Kidal Region

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administrative region first-level administrative subdivision

Kidal Region is a sparsely populated, desert area in northeastern Mali that has been a focal point of Tuareg rebellions, Islamist insurgency, and French military intervention.

Aliases (2)

Taoudénit Region ×2
Northern Mali ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	administrative region → first-level administrative subdivision →
administrativeDivision	cercle →
borderedBy	Algeria → Gao Region → Taoudénit Region → Timbuktu Region →
borderType	international land border with Algeria →
capital	Kidal →
capitalOf	Kidal Cercle →
climate	desert climate →
conflictType	insurgency → separatist conflict →
contains	Abeïbara → Kidal → Tessalit → Tin-Essako →
contestedBy	Islamist armed groups → Tuareg separatist groups →
continent	Africa →
controlledBy	Malian government →
country	Mali →
demographicCharacteristic	predominantly nomadic population →
ethnicGroup	Tuareg →
governedAs	region of Mali →
historicalEvent	2012 Tuareg rebellion → Islamist insurgency in the Sahel → Northern Mali conflict → Tuareg rebellions in Mali →
language	Arabic → French → Tamasheq →
locatedIn	northeastern Mali →
militaryInvolvement	French military intervention in Mali → Operation Barkhane → Operation Serval →
notableMountainRange	Adrar des Ifoghas →
partOf	Sahara Desert →
populationDensity	sparsely populated →
religion	Islam →
securityPresence	international peacekeeping forces →
securityStatus	highly unstable →
strategicImportance	cross-border Sahel-Sahara corridor →
terrain	mountainous massifs → rocky plateaus → sand dunes →
timeZone	UTC+0 →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Kidal Region ("Taoudénit Region") → Timbuktu Region ("Taoudénit Region") →	borderedBy
Kel Adagh →	locatedIn
Tuareg rebellions in Mali ("Northern Mali") →	location
Operation Serval →	theaterOfOperations