Tin Zaouatine ( ar, تين زاوتين) (also spelled Tinzouatine) is a
commune
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Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
, coextensive with the
district
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of Tin Zaouatine, in
In Guezzam Province,
Algeria
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. According to the 2008 census it has a population of 4,157,
up from 2,314 in 1998, with an annual growth rate of 6.2%, the highest rate in the province.
Its postal code is 11150 and its municipal code is 1107.
Geography
Tin Zaouatine lies at an elevation of in the far north-western part of the
Adrar des Ifoghas
The Adrar des Ifoghas (also Adrar des Iforas; Tamasheq: ⴰⴷⵔⴰⵔ ⵏ ⵉⴼⵓⵖⴰⵙ in Tifinagh; Adrar n Ifoghas; ar, أدرار إيفوغاس Ifoghas' Mountains) is a massif located in the Kidal Region of Mali, reaching into Algeri ...
mountain range, which lies mostly in
Mali
Mali (; ), officially the Republic of Mali,, , ff, 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞥆𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭, Renndaandi Maali, italics=no, ar, جمهورية مالي, Jumhūriyyāt Mālī is a landlocked country in West Africa. Mali ...
. A series of long, rocky ridges run from north-south to the west of the town.
Climate
Tin Zaouatine has a
hot desert climate
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(
Köppen climate classification
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''BWh''), with long, extremely hot summers and short, very warm winters. Despite an extremely dry climate, some occasional rainfall occur during the months of August and September due to the influence of the far northern edge of the
West African Monsoon
A monsoon () is traditionally a seasonal reversing wind accompanied by corresponding changes in precipitation but is now used to describe seasonal changes in atmospheric circulation and precipitation associated with annual latitudinal oscill ...
, unlike most of the
Algerian Desert
The Algerian Desert ( ar, الصحراء الجزائرية) is located in north-central Africa and is part of the Sahara Desert. The desert occupies more than four-fifths of Algerian territory. Its expansion starts from the Saharan Atlas as a ...
. Averages high temperatures soar during the height of the long summer season, with daytime highs always over 40 °C (104 °F) during nearly 4 months and even above 45 °C (113 °F), despite the high elevation of the site.
Education
1.9% of the population has a tertiary education, and another 3.6% has completed secondary education. The overall literacy rate is 47.2%, and is 58.1% among males and 35.3% among females; all three figures are the second lowest in the province (after
In Guezzam
In Guezzam (Arabic: عين قزام, ''lit.'' springs of Guezzam; Berber spelling: Gezzam) is a town and commune that is the capital of In Guezzam Province, Algeria, on the border with Niger. Till 26 November 2019 it was part of the Tamanrasse ...
).
Localities
The commune is composed of four localities:
*Tinzaouatene
*Hassi In Tafouk (eastern part)
*Oued Tassamak (western part)
*Taouandart
References
Communes of In Guezzam Province
Tuareg