Tidermène Explained

Tidermène
Settlement Type:Cercle and village
Pushpin Map:Mali
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Mali
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Ménaka
Subdivision Type2:Control
Subdivision Name2: Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (Since April 12 2023)[1] [2]
Population As Of:2009 census
Population Footnotes:[3]
Population Total:5816
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Utc Offset:+0
Coordinates:16.5936°N 2.4147°W

Tidermène is a village and cercle in Ménaka Region of southeastern Mali.[4] In the 2009 census it had a population of 5,816.[3] Its area is approximately 29,000 square kilometers.[5] It was previously a commune in Ménaka Cercle but was promoted to the status of a cercle when Ménaka Region was created in 2016. From 2001 to 2016 the commune of Alata was separated from Tidermène.[6] On 12 April 2023, the town was seized by the Islamic State in the Sahel.[7]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Islamic State terrorists extend control over northeastern Mali . AFP . AFP (news agency) . 14 April 2023 . 21 May 2023 . Africa News.
  2. News: IS Group-Affiliated Militants Take Key Mali Village . Agence France-Presse . Agence France-Presse . 12 April 2023 . 21 May 2023 . VOA News.
  3. Web site: Resultats Recensement Général de la Population et de l’Habitat 2009 (Région de Gao) . . French . https://web.archive.org/web/20110722215718/http://instat.gov.ml/documentation/gao.pdf . 22 July 2011 . 21 May 2023 . 2009.
  4. News: Première caravane de la paix dans la nouvelle région de Ménaka : la MINUSMA s’associe aux autorités régionales pour sa réussite . fr . . 28 November 2016 . 25 May 2017.
  5. Web site: Common and Fundamental Operational Datasets Registry: Mali . . https://web.archive.org/web/20131228011305/https://cod.humanitarianresponse.info/country-region/Mali . 28 December 2013 . 21 May 2023.
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  7. News: BBC Africa Today: Islamic State Sahel Province fighters seize commune in Mali . . 12 April 2023 . English . 21 May 2023.

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