| Tarkint | |
| Settlement Type: | Commune and village |
| 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: | Gao Region |
| Subdivision Type2: | Cercle |
| Subdivision Name2: | Bourem Cercle |
| Government Type: | Elected body |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Baba Ould Cheikh Sid’Elmoctar Alkounti |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 23000 |
| Population As Of: | 2009 census |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 19082 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
| Utc Offset: | +0 |
| Coordinates: | 17.477°N 0.1163°W |
| Elevation M: | 305 |
| Elevation Ft: | 1000 |
Tarkint is a village and commune in the Cercle of Bourem in the Gao Region of north-eastern Mali. The village is 70km (40miles) northeast of Bourem and 123km (76miles) from Gao. Tarkint extends for 23,000 km2 and includes part of the Tilemsi Valley. In the 2009 census Tarkint had a population of 19,082.
The sandblown village became notorious in 2009, when the burnt-out wreckage of an old Boeing 727 airliner was found abandoned in the desert, 85 miles north of Gao, at the scene of the so-called "Cocaine Air" incident. It is believed that the aircraft had been transporting up to 10 tons of cocaine.[3]