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In-Gall (Also: In Gall, I-n-Gall, In-Gal, Ingal, Ingall) is a town in the Agadez
Agadez

Agadez is the largest city in northern Niger, with a population of 88,569 . It lies in the Sahara and is the capital of A?r, one of the traditional Tuareg federations....
 Department of northeast Niger
Niger

Niger , officially the Republic of Niger, is a landlocked country in Western Africa, named after the Niger River. It borders Nigeria and Benin to the south, Burkina Faso and Mali to the west, Algeria and Libya to the north and Chad to the east....
, with a year-round population of less than 500.

Known for its oasis
Oasis

In geography, an oasis or cienega is an isolated area of vegetation in a desert, typically surrounding a spring or similar water source. Oases also provide habitat for animals and even humans if the area is big enough....
 and salt flats, In-Gall is the gathering point for the Cure Salee
Cure Salee

The Cure Salee, or "Festival of the Nomads" is a yearly gathering of the Tuareg and Wodaabe peoples in the northern Niger town of Ingall. Cure Sal?e marks the end of the rainy season, and usually occurs in the last two weeks of September....
 festival of Tuareg
Tuareg

The Tuareg are a nomadic pastoralist people. They are the principal inhabitants of the Saharan interior of North Africa. They call themselves variously Kel Tamasheq or Kel Tamajaq , Imuhagh, Imazaghan or Imashaghen , or Kel Tagelmust, i.e., "People of the Veil"....
 and Wodaabe
Wodaabe

The Wodaabe are a small subgroup of the Fulani ethnic group. They are traditionally nomadic cattle-herders and traders in the Sahel, with migrations stretching from southern Niger, through northern Nigeria, northeastern Cameroon, and the western region of the Central African Republic....
 pastoralists to celebrate the end of the rainy season each September.






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In-Gall (Also: In Gall, I-n-Gall, In-Gal, Ingal, Ingall) is a town in the Agadez
Agadez

Agadez is the largest city in northern Niger, with a population of 88,569 . It lies in the Sahara and is the capital of A?r, one of the traditional Tuareg federations....
 Department of northeast Niger
Niger

Niger , officially the Republic of Niger, is a landlocked country in Western Africa, named after the Niger River. It borders Nigeria and Benin to the south, Burkina Faso and Mali to the west, Algeria and Libya to the north and Chad to the east....
, with a year-round population of less than 500.

Known for its oasis
Oasis

In geography, an oasis or cienega is an isolated area of vegetation in a desert, typically surrounding a spring or similar water source. Oases also provide habitat for animals and even humans if the area is big enough....
 and salt flats, In-Gall is the gathering point for the Cure Salee
Cure Salee

The Cure Salee, or "Festival of the Nomads" is a yearly gathering of the Tuareg and Wodaabe peoples in the northern Niger town of Ingall. Cure Sal?e marks the end of the rainy season, and usually occurs in the last two weeks of September....
 festival of Tuareg
Tuareg

The Tuareg are a nomadic pastoralist people. They are the principal inhabitants of the Saharan interior of North Africa. They call themselves variously Kel Tamasheq or Kel Tamajaq , Imuhagh, Imazaghan or Imashaghen , or Kel Tagelmust, i.e., "People of the Veil"....
 and Wodaabe
Wodaabe

The Wodaabe are a small subgroup of the Fulani ethnic group. They are traditionally nomadic cattle-herders and traders in the Sahel, with migrations stretching from southern Niger, through northern Nigeria, northeastern Cameroon, and the western region of the Central African Republic....
 pastoralists to celebrate the end of the rainy season each September. During the festival, InGall's population grows to several thousand nomads, officials, and tourists.

InGall had been a stop on the main roads between the capital of Niger, Niamey
Niamey

Niamey, population 674,950 , is the Capital of Niger. It is Niger's largest city, lying on the Niger River, mostly on the east bank. It is an administrative, cultural and economic center....
 (600 km to the southwest), and the mining town of Arlit
Arlit

Arlit is an industrial town and capital of the Arlit Department of the Agadez Region of northern-central Niger, built between the Sahara desert and the eastern edge of the A?r mountains....
 (200 km to the northeast, 150 km from the Algerian border) or the provincial capital Agadez
Agadez

Agadez is the largest city in northern Niger, with a population of 88,569 . It lies in the Sahara and is the capital of A?r, one of the traditional Tuareg federations....
 (100 km to the east). In the 1970s, the main road was repaved to transport uranium
Uranium

Uranium is a silvery-gray metallic chemical element in the actinide series of the periodic table that has the chemical symbol U and atomic number 92....
 from the French-owned mines in Arlit
Arlit

Arlit is an industrial town and capital of the Arlit Department of the Agadez Region of northern-central Niger, built between the Sahara desert and the eastern edge of the A?r mountains....
, but the new road bypassed InGall, ending its use as a waystation. Since then, its population has dropped from almost 5,000 to less than 500.

During the Tuareg insurgency of the 1990s, InGall was a prime fortification of the Niger armed forces, and when peace was concluded in 2000 the old fort was reportedly abandoned.

Location:


Latitude 16.7861 Longitude 6.9336 Altitude (feet) 1499 Lat (DMS) 16° 47' 10N Long (DMS) 6° 56' 1E Altitude (meters) 456 Time zone (est) UTC+1 Approximate population for 7 km radius from this point: 159

Description


"InGall, an oasis town in a semi-desert zone that forms the gateway to the Sahara. InGall is a conglomeration of mud houses, whose gardens, in contrast to the barren landscape in which the town is set, are filled with fruit trees and vegetable patches."


Dinosaurs

In-Gall is also famous to outsiders for its paleontological digs, most notably the Jobaria tiguidensis, and the remains of petrified forests dating back 135 million years.

Urainium Mining

In 2004, a Canadian corporation was granted a government license to mine for uranium in the area. Northwestern Mineral Ventures was awarded the Irhazer and Ingall concessions, each 2,000 kmē. (772 square miles) in size. Mines will reportedly be "open pit" strip mines.

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