Azawad

Azawad, or Azawagh, was a short-lived unrecognised state lasting between 2012 and 2013. Azawagh is the generic Tuareg Berber name for all Tuareg Berber areas, especially the northern half of and northern and western .
  • Type: Region with 1,200,000 residents
  • Description: Tuareg name for a territory in northern Mali
  • Also known as: Azawād” and “Azāwād

Azawad

Latitude
18.5478° or 18° 32′ 52″ north
Longitude
-2.3342° or 2° 20′ 3″ west
Population
1,200,000
Elevation
269 metres (883 feet)
Open location code
7CCVGMX8+48
Geo­Names ID
2460837
Wiki­data ID
Q43937
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Azawad” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Azawad
  • Arabic: أزاواد
  • Arabic: أزواد‎
  • Arabic: أزواد
  • Aragonese: Azawad
  • Armenian: Ազավադ
  • Asturian: Azawad
  • Azerbaijani: Azavad
  • Bambara: Azawad
  • Bambara: Azawadi
  • Bashkir: Азауад
  • Basque: Azawad
  • Belarusian: Азавад
  • Bosnian: Azawad
  • Breton: Azawad
  • Bulgarian: Азавад
  • Bulgarian: Азауад
  • Catalan: Azaouad
  • Catalan: Azawad
  • Catalan: Azawagh
  • Chechen: Азавад
  • Chinese: Azawad
  • Chinese: 阿扎瓦德
  • Chinese: 阿扎瓦德独立国
  • Chinese: 阿扎瓦德獨立國
  • Chinese: 阿扎華德
  • Chinese: 阿札瓦德獨立國
  • Chinese: 阿薩瓦德
  • Crimean Tatar: Azavad
  • Crimean Tatar: Azawad
  • Croatian: Azavad
  • Czech: Azavad
  • Danish: Azawad
  • Dimli (individual language): Azawad
  • Dutch: Azawad
  • Esperanto: Azavado
  • Esperanto: Azawad
  • Estonian: Azawad
  • Finnish: Azawad
  • French: Azaouad
  • French: Azaouâd
  • French: Azawad
  • French: État indépendant de l’Azawad
  • French: État islamique de l’Azawad
  • French: République islamique de l’Azawad
  • Gagauz: Azavad
  • Galician: Azawad
  • Georgian: აზავადი
  • German: Azaouad
  • German: Azawad
  • German: Etat independant de l’Azawad
  • German: État indépendant de l’Azawad
  • Greek: Αζαγουάντ
  • Greek: Αζαουάντ
  • Hebrew: אזוואד
  • Hindi: आज़ावाद
  • Hungarian: Azawad
  • Indonesian: Azawad
  • Interlingue: Azawad
  • Irish: Azawad
  • Italian: Azaouad
  • Italian: Azauad
  • Italian: Azawad
  • Italian: Azawagh
  • Japanese: アザワド
  • Kirghiz: Азавад
  • Korean: 아자와드 독립국
  • Korean: 아자와드
  • Korean: 아자와드독립국
  • Korean: 아자우아드
  • Ladino: Azawad
  • Latin: Azaouad
  • Latin: Azavadia
  • Latin: Azawad
  • Latvian: Azavada
  • Latvian: Azavāda
  • Latvian: Azawad
  • Lithuanian: Azavadas
  • Lombard: Azawad
  • Macedonian: Азавад
  • Malay: Azawad
  • Marathi: अझवाद
  • Mazanderani: ازواد
  • Mingrelian: აზავადი
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Azawad
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Azawad
  • Norwegian: Azawad
  • Occitan (post 1500): Azawad
  • Ossetian: Азавад
  • Ossetian: Азауад
  • Pampanga: Azawad
  • Persian: آزاواد
  • Persian: ازاواد
  • Persian: ازواد
  • Persian: جمهوری اسلامی آزاواد
  • Persian: جمهوری اسلامی ازاواد
  • Polish: Azawad
  • Portuguese: Azauade
  • Portuguese: Azawad
  • Romanian: Azawad
  • Russian: Азавад
  • Russian: Азауад
  • Russian: НГА
  • Russian: Независимое государство Азавад
  • Scots: Azawad
  • Serbian: Азавад
  • Serbo-Croatian: Azavad
  • Serbo-Croatian: Azawad
  • Sicilian: Azawad
  • Sinhala: Azawad
  • Sinhala: අzසාවැඩ්
  • Slovak: Ázawád
  • Slovenian: Azavad
  • Slovenian: Azawad
  • Slovenian: Neodvisna država Azavad
  • Slovenian: Neodvisna država Azawad
  • South Azerbaijani: ازواد
  • Spanish: Azaouad
  • Spanish: Azauad
  • Spanish: Azawad
  • Standard Moroccan Tamazight: ⴰⵣⴰⵡⴰⴷ
  • Standard Moroccan Tamazight: ⴰⵥⴰⵡⴰⴷ
  • Sundanese: Azawad
  • Swahili: Azawad
  • Swedish: Azawad
  • Swiss German: Azawad
  • Tachelhit: Azawad
  • Tagalog: Azawad
  • Tamashek: ⴰⵣⴰⵓⴰⴷ
  • Tamil: அசவாத்
  • Thai: อาซาวัด
  • Tosk Albanian: Azawad
  • Turkish: Azavad
  • Ukrainian: Азавад
  • Urdu: آزاواد
  • Urdu: ازواد
  • Vietnamese: Azawad
  • Volapük: Lazavadän
  • Waray (Philippines): Azawad
  • Wu Chinese: 阿扎瓦德
  • Yue Chinese: 阿扎華德
  • Zulu: IAzawad
  • Azahuad

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