Place:Tindouf, Algeria

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NameTindouf
Alt namesTindoufsource: Wikipedia
Tindufsource: Wikipedia
TypeProvince
Coordinates27.41667°N 5.83333°W
Located inAlgeria
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Tindouf


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Tindouf, also written Tinduf, is the westernmost province of Algeria, having a population of 58,193 as of the 2008 census (not including the Sahrawi refugees at the Sahrawi refugee camps).[1] Its population in reality could be as high as 160,000 because of the Sahrawi refugee camps. Despite the barren landscape, Tindouf is a resource-rich province, with important quantities of iron ore located in the Gara Djebilet area close to the border with Mauritania. Prior to Algerian independence, the area served as a strongpoint of several tribes of the nomadic Reguibat confederation.

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