In Amenas
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In Amenas إن أمناس |
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| Town and Commune | |
 Location of In Amenas commune within Illizi Province |
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 In Amenas
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| Coordinates: 28°2′27″N 9°32′35″E / 28.04083°N 9.54306°ECoordinates: 28°2′27″N 9°32′35″E / 28.04083°N 9.54306°E | |
| Country |
 Algeria
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| Province | Illizi |
| District | In Amenas (seat) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 14,913 km2 (5,758 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 549 m (1,801 ft) |
| Population (2008) | |
| • Total | 7,385 |
| • Density | 0.50/km2 (1.3/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+01) |
| Postal code | 33200 |
| ONS code | 3306 |
In Amenas (Arabic: إن أمناس,‘In ’Amanās) is a town and commune in eastern Algeria, bordering with Libya. The town is located 30 kilometres (19 mi) west of the border. There is no border crossing in the area. The municipality had 7,385 inhabitants in 2008, up from 5.302 in 1998, with an annual growth rate of 3.4% According to the Algerian novelist Mouloud Mammeri the name is a Tuareg word which means "lieu des méharis" or "place of camel drivers."
The natural gas facility near the municipality was attacked by Islamist militants on 16 January 2013.
In Amenas has a hot desert climate (Köppen climate classification BWh). Summers are long and very hot with averages high temperatures over 40 °C (104 °F) during June, July and August. Winters remain warm and brief at daytime but nights can be quite cold, with averages low temperatures below 4 °C (39.2 °F) during January, the coolest month of the year. In Amenas averages annual rainfall of only 23.2 mm (0.91 in) as the town is located within the large central hyperarid core of the Sahara Desert. The sky is always clear over In Amenas throughout the year and the relative humidity is very low, especially during summer months.
It is served by In Amenas Airport with Air Algérie flights to Algiers, Hassi Messaoud, Oran and Ouargla and Tassili Airlines flights to Adrar, El Golea, El Oued, In Salah, Tébessa and Touggourt.
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