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In-Gall, the Glossary

In-Gall (var. In Gall, I-n-Gall, In-Gal, Ingal, Ingall) is a department, commune and town in the Agadez Region of northeast Niger, with a year-round population of less than 500.^[1]

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28 relations: Aïr Mountains, Agadez, Agadez Region, Arlit, Azalai, Azawagh, Burkina Faso, Communes of Niger, Cure Salee, Departments of Niger, Fachi, Institut National de la Statistique du Niger, Jobaria, Niamey, Niger, Niger River, Oasis, Regions of Niger, Sahel, Salt pan (geology), Songhai Empire, Sultanate of Agadez, Tegguiada In Tessoum, Trans-Saharan trade, Transhumance, Tuareg people, Uranium, Wodaabe.
Oases of Niger
Waystations

Aïr Mountains

The Aïr Mountains or Aïr Massif (Tamajăq: Ayǝr; Hausa: Eastern Azbin, Western Abzin) is a triangular massif, located in northern Niger, within the Sahara. In-Gall and Aïr Mountains are Sahara and Tuareg.

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Agadez

Agadez (Air Tamajeq: ⴰⴶⴰⴷⴰⵣ, Agadaz), formerly spelled Agadès, is the fifth largest city in Niger, with a population of 110,497 based on the 2012 census. In-Gall and Agadez are communes of Niger and Tuareg.

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Agadez Region

Agadez Region is one of the seven regions of Niger. In-Gall and Agadez Region are Tuareg.

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Arlit

Arlit is an industrial town and capital of the Arlit Department of the Agadez Region of northern-central Niger, built between the Sahara Desert and the eastern edge of the Aïr Mountains. In-Gall and Arlit are communes of Niger and Tuareg.

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Azalai

The Azalai (Tamasheq, var. Azalay) is a semi-annual salt caravan route practiced by Tuareg traders in the Sahara desert between Timbuktu and the Taoudenni salt mine in Mali, or the act of traveling with a caravan along that route. In-Gall and Azalai are Sahara and Tuareg.

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Azawagh

The Azawagh (alias Azaouagh or Azawak) is a dry basin covering what is today the northwestern Niger, as well as parts of northeastern Mali and southern Algeria. In-Gall and Azawagh are Tuareg.

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Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa.

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Communes of Niger

The Departments of Niger are subdivided into communes.

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Cure Salee

The Cure Salée (French: "Salt Cure"), or "Festival of the Nomads", is a yearly gathering of the Tuareg and Wodaabe peoples in the northern Niger town of In-Gall. In-Gall and Cure Salee are Tuareg.

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Departments of Niger

The regions of Niger are subdivided into 63 departments (départements).

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Fachi

Fachi is an oasis surrounded by the Ténéré desert and the dunes of the Erg of Bilma in eastern Niger, placed on the western edge of the small Agram mountain outcropping. In-Gall and Fachi are communes of Niger, Oases of Niger and Sahara.

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Institut National de la Statistique du Niger

The Institut National de la Statistique du Niger (INS-Niger) is a national institute of Niger, which is dedicated to collecting data in the country.

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Jobaria

Jobaria is a genus of sauropod dinosaur that lived in what is now Niger during the middle Jurassic Period, between 164 and 161 million years ago.

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Niamey

Niamey is the capital and largest city of Niger.

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Niger

Niger or the Niger, officially the Republic of the Niger, is a country in West Africa.

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Niger River

The Niger River is the main river of West Africa, extending about. Its drainage basin is in area. Its source is in the Guinea Highlands in south-eastern Guinea near the Sierra Leone border. It runs in a crescent shape through Mali, Niger, on the border with Benin and then through Nigeria, discharging through a massive delta, known as the Niger Delta, into the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean.

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Oasis

In ecology, an oasis (oases) is a fertile area of a desert or semi-desert environment. In-Gall and oasis are Waystations.

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Regions of Niger

Niger is divided into seven regions (French: régions; singularrégion), each of which is named after its capital.

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Sahel

The Sahel region or Sahelian acacia savanna is a biogeographical region in Africa.

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Salt pan (geology)

Natural salt pans or salt flats are flat expanses of ground covered with salt and other minerals, usually shining white under the sun.

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Songhai Empire

The Songhai Empire was a state located in the western part of the Sahel during the 15th and 16th centuries.

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Sultanate of Agadez

The Sultanate of Agadez (also known as Tenere Sultanate of Aïr, Sultanate of Aïr, or Asben") was a Berber kingdom centered first in the city of Agadez (initially, in the village of Tadaliza) in the Aïr Mountains, located at the southern edge of the Sahara desert in north-central Niger.

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Tegguiada In Tessoum

Tegguiada In Tessoum is a town in Agadez Region, Arlit Department, Niger.

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Trans-Saharan trade

Trans-Saharan trade is trade between sub-Saharan Africa and North Africa that requires travel across the Sahara. In-Gall and Trans-Saharan trade are Sahara and Tuareg.

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Transhumance

Transhumance is a type of pastoralism or nomadism, a seasonal movement of livestock between fixed summer and winter pastures.

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Tuareg people

The Tuareg people (also spelled Twareg or Touareg; endonym: Imuhaɣ/Imušaɣ/Imašeɣăn/Imajeɣăn) are a large Berber ethnic group, traditionally nomadic pastoralists, who principally inhabit the Sahara in a vast area stretching from far southwestern Libya to southern Algeria, Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso, as far as northern Nigeria. In-Gall and Tuareg people are Tuareg.

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Uranium

Uranium is a chemical element; it has symbol U and atomic number 92.

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Wodaabe

The Wodaabe (Woɗaaɓe, وٛطَاٻ‎ٜ, 𞤏𞤮𞤯𞤢𞥄𞤩𞤫) is a name that is used to designate a subgroup of the Fula ethnic group who are traditionally nomadic found primarily in Niger and Chad.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In-Gall

Also known as In Gall, Ingal.