| Alata | |
| Settlement Type: | Commune |
| Pushpin Map: | Mali |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Mali |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Mali |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Ménaka |
| Subdivision Type2: | Cercle |
| Subdivision Name2: | Tidermène |
| Established Title: | Created |
| Established Date: | 2001 |
| Population As Of: | 2009 census |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 2184 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
| Utc Offset: | +0 |
| Coordinates: | 16.9494°N 2.66°W |
Alata is a rural commune in the cercle of Tidermène in Ménaka Region of southeastern Mali. The administrative centre (French: [[chef-lieu]]) is at Tedjerit.[2] The commune was created in 2001 by dividing the large rural commune of Tidermène.[3] The implementation of Ménaka Region in 2016 led to the promotion of Tidermène to a cercle, and Alata was reincorporated into it. the mayor is Frataye Ag Etaw.[4]