Tamentit () (sometimes spelled Tamantit) is a town and
''commune'' or municipality in
Fenoughil District
Fenoughil District is a district of Adrar Province, Algeria. According to the 2008 census it has a population of 29,540.
Communes
The district is further divided into 3 communes:
* Fenoughil
*Tamentit
Tamentit () (sometimes spelled Tamantit) is ...
of
Adrar Province, in south-central
Algeria
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. According to the 2008 census it has a population of 9,481,
up from 7,912 in 1998, with an annual growth rate of 1.9%.
Until the late twentieth century the people of Tamentit spoke
Taznatit Berber.
Geography
The villages of Tamentit are located near oases that are part of the
Tuat
Tuat, or Touat, is a natural region of desert in central Algeria that contains a string of small oases. In the past, the oases were important for caravans crossing the Sahara.
Geography
Tuat lies to the south of the Grand Erg Occidental, to t ...
region in northern Adrar Province, between the communes of
Adrar to the north and
Fenoughil
Fenoughil ( ar, ﻓﻨﻮﻏﻴﻞ) is a commune, and the capital of Fenoughil District, Adrar Province, in south-central Algeria. According to the 2008 census it has a population of 11,793, up from 9,962 in 1998, with an annual growth rate of 1.7 ...
to the south. The rocky
Tademaït plateau rises far to the east, while the sandy
Erg Iguidi
The Erg Iguidi ( ar, عرق إقيدي), is a large erg in the area of Tindouf in southwestern Algeria extending into northern Mali and Mauritania. Geography
The Erg Iguidi is a sandy desert with a clear pattern of narrow linear dunes stretching f ...
and
Erg Chech deserts lie to the west.
The Tamentit
iron meteorite
Iron meteorites, also known as siderites, or ferrous meteorites, are a type of meteorite that consist overwhelmingly of an iron–nickel alloy known as meteoric iron that usually consists of two mineral phases: kamacite and taenite. Most i ...
was found nearby in 1864.
[Tamentit meteorite]
at Meteoritical Bulletin Database.