Taoudénit
Taoudénit is a region of Mali legislatively created in 2012 from the northern part of Timbuktu Cercle in Tombouctou Region. Actual implementation of the region began on 19 January 2016 with the appointment of Abdoulaye Alkadi as the region's governor.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: region of Mali with 20,000 residents
- Description: region of Mali
- Also known as: “Taoudéni”, “Taoudenit Region”, “Taoudénit Region”, “Taoudenni”, and “Taudeni Dineja”
- Neighbors: Gao, Kidal, and Timbuktu
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Taoudenni.
Taoudenni
Village
Taoudenni is a remote salt mining center in the desert region of northern Mali, 664 km north of Timbuktu. It is the capital of Taoudénit Region. The salt is dug by hand from the bed of an ancient salt lake, cut into slabs, and transported either by truck or by camel to Timbuktu.
Taoudénit
- Location: Mali, Sahel, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Venetian—“Taoudénit” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “تاودني”
- Arabic: “تودني”
- Arabic: “تودنّي”
- Arabic: “تَوْدِنّي”
- Arabic: “منطقة تودني”
- Bambara: “Tawudeni”
- Bambara: “ߕߊߎߘߋߣߌ ߘߌߣߋߖߊ”
- Basque: “Taoudeniteko eskualdea”
- Chinese: “Taoudénit Khu”
- Chinese: “陶代尼区”
- Dutch: “Taoudénit (regio)”
- Dutch: “Taoudénit”
- Finnish: “Taoudénitin alue”
- French: “Région de Taoudénit”
- German: “Region Taoudénit”
- Greek: “Περιοχή του Ταουντενίτ”
- Japanese: “タウデニ州”
- Latvian: “Taudenni reģions”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Taoudénit Khu”
- Northern Frisian: “Taoudénit”
- Persian: “استان توئودنیت”
- Russian: “Таоденни”
- Spanish: “Región de Taoudeni”
- Swahili: “Mkoa wa Taoudenit”
- Thai: “แคว้นตาอูเดนี”
- Venetian: “Rejon de Taudeni”
- Venetian: “Taoudénit”
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