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Kidal
Sign in to saveKidal (Tuareg Berber: ⴾⴸⵍ, KDL, Kidal) is a town and commune in the desert region of northern Mali. The town lies northeast of Gao and is the capital of the Kidal Cercle and the Kidal Region. The commune has an area of about and includes the town of Kidal and 31 other settlements.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Kidal
- Settlement.native_name
- ⴾⴸⵍ
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Commune and town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Maison artisans.JPG
- Settlement.imagesize
- 300px
- Settlement.image_caption
- A craftsmen's house
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Mali
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Mali
- Settlement.pushpin_relief
- yes
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Mali
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Kidal Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Cercle (district):
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Kidal Cercle
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 9913
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2009
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Kidal
- Population
- 15086
- Area
- 9913
- Elevation
- 455
- Image
- Maison artisans.JPG
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Kidal (Tuareg Berber: ⴾⴸⵍ, KDL, Kidal) is a town and commune in the desert region of northern Mali. The town lies northeast of Gao and is the capital of the Kidal Cercle and the Kidal Region. The commune has an area of about and includes the town of Kidal and 31 other settlements.
==History== On 30 March 2012, Kidal and its military base were captured by the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad as part of the Tuareg rebellion for the independence of Azawad. A spokesman for the Malian military junta said "To preserve the life of the people of Kidal, the military command decided not to prolong the battle". Gao and Timbuktu were captured within the next 48 hours, and on 6 April, the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad declared the independence of Azawad from Mali. In the course of the conflict the MNLA lost their control to Islamist militias. On 30 January 2013 French and Malian forces moved into the town to bring it back under government control.
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