Tumu is a

border checkpoint A border checkpoint is a location on an international border where travelers or goods are inspected and allowed (or denied) passage through. Authorization often is required to enter a country through its borders. Access-controlled borders ofte ...

Libya Libya (; ar, ليبيا, Lībiyā), officially the State of Libya ( ar, دولة ليبيا, Dawlat Lībiyā), is a country in the Maghreb region in North Africa. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to Egypt–Libya bo ...

at the Libya–

Niger ) , official_languages = , languages_type = National languagesMurzuq District Murzuq ( ar, مرزق ''Murzuq'') is one of the districts of Libya. It is in the south of the country. Its capital is Murzuk. The city was occupied by the Ottoman Empire in 1578 and served as the capital of Fezzan off and on until the Ottomans ...

. It is 310 kilometres south of

Qatrun Qatrun, Al Katrun, Gatrone, or Al Gatrun ( ar, القطرون) is a village in the Murzuq District in southern Libya on the main road to Chad and Niger. It has a filling station (gas station) and a Niger consulate office is located there. When the ...

, the closest Libyan settlement on the desert road. Tumu consists of little more than a few government

shack A shack (or, in some areas, shanty) is a type of small shelter or dwelling, often primitive or rudimentary in design and construction. Unlike huts, shacks are constructed by hand using available materials; however, whereas huts are usually ru ...

s, and the border checkpoint is frequently closed, which requires travellers crossing from Niger to report at Qatrun.

References

*Anthony Ham (2002). ''Libya'' (Footscray, Victoria, Australia: Lonely Planet Publications, ) p. 87. Libya–Niger border crossings {{Libya-geo-stub