Tamanghasset (Arabic: ولاية تمنراست ) is an oasis city and wilaya in southern Algeria, in the Ahaggar Mountains. It is the chief city of the Algerian Tuareg. Tamanghasset is also the name of the largest province of Algeria, where the city is located. 22°74′ N 05°31′ E Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Arabic language (; , less formally, ) is the largest member of the Semitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family (classification: South Central Semitic) and is closely related to Hebrew and Aramaic. ... Oasis in the Libyan part of the Sahara In geography, an oasis is an isolated area of vegetation in a desert, typically surrounding a spring or similar water source. ... Map of the provinces of Algeria in alphabetical order. ... The Ahaggar Mountains, also known as the Hoggar, are a highland region in central Sahara, southern Algeria. ... For other uses of the word, see Tuareg (disambiguation). ...
In the oasis of Abalassa near the town of Tamanghasset is located the tomb of the famous Tin Hinan, the matriach believed to be the ancestor of the Tuareg of Ahaggar.
The main city nearby the Ahaggar is Tamanghasset, built in a desert valley or wadi.
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