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Azawadi

Azawad
ⴰⵣⴰⵓⴰⴷ / Azawad
أزواد
Unrecognized state
2012

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Capital Timbuktu (proclaimed)
Gao (provisional)
Languages Tuareg · Songhay · Fula
Hassānīya Arabic
French
Government Conseil de transition de l'État de l'Azawad
(Transitional Council of the State of Azawad)
President
 •  2012 Bilal Ag Acherif
Vice President
 •  2012 Mahamadou Djeri Maïga
Historical era Northern Mali conflict
 •  Declaration of independence 6 April 2012
 •  Battles of Gao and Timbuktu 26 June 2012
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Mali
Mali

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Azawad (Tuareg: ⴰⵣⴰⵓⴰⴷ, Azawad; Arabic: أزواد ‎‎) is a territory in northern Mali as well as a former short-lived unrecognised proto-state. Its independence was declared unilaterally by the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA) in 2012, after a Tuareg rebellion drove the Malian Army from the territory. Initially their effort was supported by various Islamist groups. It rejoined Mali in February 2013, after less than a year of independence.

Azawad, as claimed by the MNLA, comprises the Malian regions of Timbuktu, Kidal, Gao, as well as a part of Mopti region, encompassing about 60 percent of Mali's total land area. Azawad borders Burkina Faso to the south, Mauritania to the west and northwest, Algeria to the north and northeast, and Niger to the east and southeast, with undisputed Mali to its southwest. It straddles a portion of the Sahara and the Sahelian zone. Gao is its largest city and served as the temporary capital, while Timbuktu is the second-largest city, and was intended to be the capital by the independence forces.


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