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Tindouf is the main town in Tindouf Province
Tindouf Province

Tindouf, also written Tinduf, is the westernmost provinces of Algeria of Algeria, having a population of 58,193 as of the 2008 census. Despite the barren landscape, Tindouf is a resource-rich province, with important quantities of iron ore located in the Gara Djebilet area close to the border with Mali....
, Algeria
Algeria

Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country located in North Africa. It is the largest country of the Mediterranean sea, second largest in the Arab World, and the second largest on the African continent and the eleventh-largest country in the world in terms of land area....
. It is close to several Algerian military
Military of Algeria

Political and historical background The military of Algeria is the direct successor of the Arm?e de Lib?ration Nationale , the armed wing of the Nationalism National Liberation Front , which fought French rule in Algeria during the Algerian War of Independence ....
 bases, and also to the Western Sahara
Western Sahara

Western Sahara is a territory of North Africa, bordered by Morocco to the north, Algeria in the northeast, Mauritania to the east and south, and the Atlantic Ocean on the west....
, which contains several Sahrawi
Sahrawi

Most frequently in English language usage, the term Sahrawi is usually used in reference to populations from the disputed Western Sahara territory, sometimes with a nationalist connotation....
 refugee camp
Refugee camp

A refugee camp is a temporary camp built to receive refugees. Hundreds of thousands or even millions of people may live in any one single camp....
s operated by the Polisario Front
Polisario Front

The Polisario, Polisario Front, or Frente Polisario, from the Spanish language abbreviation of Frente Popular de Liberaci?n de Sagu?a el Hamra y R?o de Oro is a Sahrawi rebel movement working for the independence of Western Sahara from Morocco....
. There is an airport
Airport

An airport is a location where aircraft such as Fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and Non-rigid airship take off and land. Aircraft may also be stored or maintained at an airport....
 outside Tindouf, north-west of the town, with regular Air Algérie
Air Algérie

Air Alg?rie SpA is the national flag carrier airline of Algeria and is based in Algiers. Air Alg?rie operates scheduled international services to 39 destinations in 28 countries in Europe, North America, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East....
 flights to Algiers
Algiers

Algiers Nicknamed El-Bahdja or Alger la Blanche for the glistening white of its buildings as seen rising up from the sea, Algiers is situated on the west side of a bay of the Mediterranean Sea....
 and other cities. Within the municipal territory of Tindouf, there is Gara Djebilet, a settlement near the border with Mauritania
Mauritania

Mauritania , officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, is a country in northwest Africa. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean on the west, by Senegal on the southwest, by Mali on the east and southeast, by Algeria on the northeast, and by the Morocco-controlled Western Sahara on the northwest....
 with a iron mine and a defunct airport
Airport

An airport is a location where aircraft such as Fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and Non-rigid airship take off and land. Aircraft may also be stored or maintained at an airport....
.






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Tindouf is the main town in Tindouf Province
Tindouf Province

Tindouf, also written Tinduf, is the westernmost provinces of Algeria of Algeria, having a population of 58,193 as of the 2008 census. Despite the barren landscape, Tindouf is a resource-rich province, with important quantities of iron ore located in the Gara Djebilet area close to the border with Mali....
, Algeria
Algeria

Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country located in North Africa. It is the largest country of the Mediterranean sea, second largest in the Arab World, and the second largest on the African continent and the eleventh-largest country in the world in terms of land area....
. It is close to several Algerian military
Military of Algeria

Political and historical background The military of Algeria is the direct successor of the Arm?e de Lib?ration Nationale , the armed wing of the Nationalism National Liberation Front , which fought French rule in Algeria during the Algerian War of Independence ....
 bases, and also to the Western Sahara
Western Sahara

Western Sahara is a territory of North Africa, bordered by Morocco to the north, Algeria in the northeast, Mauritania to the east and south, and the Atlantic Ocean on the west....
, which contains several Sahrawi
Sahrawi

Most frequently in English language usage, the term Sahrawi is usually used in reference to populations from the disputed Western Sahara territory, sometimes with a nationalist connotation....
 refugee camp
Refugee camp

A refugee camp is a temporary camp built to receive refugees. Hundreds of thousands or even millions of people may live in any one single camp....
s operated by the Polisario Front
Polisario Front

The Polisario, Polisario Front, or Frente Polisario, from the Spanish language abbreviation of Frente Popular de Liberaci?n de Sagu?a el Hamra y R?o de Oro is a Sahrawi rebel movement working for the independence of Western Sahara from Morocco....
. There is an airport
Airport

An airport is a location where aircraft such as Fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and Non-rigid airship take off and land. Aircraft may also be stored or maintained at an airport....
 outside Tindouf, north-west of the town, with regular Air Algérie
Air Algérie

Air Alg?rie SpA is the national flag carrier airline of Algeria and is based in Algiers. Air Alg?rie operates scheduled international services to 39 destinations in 28 countries in Europe, North America, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East....
 flights to Algiers
Algiers

Algiers Nicknamed El-Bahdja or Alger la Blanche for the glistening white of its buildings as seen rising up from the sea, Algiers is situated on the west side of a bay of the Mediterranean Sea....
 and other cities. Within the municipal territory of Tindouf, there is Gara Djebilet, a settlement near the border with Mauritania
Mauritania

Mauritania , officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, is a country in northwest Africa. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean on the west, by Senegal on the southwest, by Mali on the east and southeast, by Algeria on the northeast, and by the Morocco-controlled Western Sahara on the northwest....
 with a iron mine and a defunct airport
Airport

An airport is a location where aircraft such as Fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and Non-rigid airship take off and land. Aircraft may also be stored or maintained at an airport....
. It is approximately 70 kilometers northwest of Aet Legra
Aet Legra

Aet Legra is a settlement in the Sahara Desert of western Algeria approximately 70 kilometres south-east of Tindouf....
.

For more on the Sahrawi refugee camps, see Refugee camps in Tindouf Province, Algeria
Refugee camps in Tindouf Province, Algeria

The refugee camps in Tindouf Province, Algeria, run by the Polisario Front, are wholly reliant on foreign and Algerian aid. Food, clothing and water are brought in by car and plane....
.

History

The town of Tindouf was built near an isolated Saharan 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....
 in 1852 by members of the Tajakant
Tajakant

The Tajakant is a Sahrawi-Moors tribe of Arab-Berber people origins. They speak Hassaniya Arabic Language. They traditionally lived in Western Sahara, Mauritania and Algeria....
 tribe
Tribe

A tribe, viewed historically or developmentally, consists of a social group existing before the development of, or outside of, states.Many anthropologists use the term to refer to societies organized largely on the basis of kinship, especially corporate descent groups ....
, but sacked and destroyed by Reguibat
Reguibat

The Reguibat is a Sahrawi tribe of mainly Sanhadja Berber people origins, although a number of Arab tribes have merged with the Reguibat during the last two centuries....
 tribe in 1895. It remained deserted until French
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 troops arrived in the area in 1934. Since Algerian independence
Independence

Independence is the self-government of a nation, country, or state by its residents and population, or some portion thereof, generally exercising sovereignty....
 in 1962, the town has been purposely built up, partly because of its importance as a last outpost before the Moroccan
Morocco

Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa with a population of nearly 34 million and an area just under 447,000 km2....
, and Mauritania
Mauritania

Mauritania , officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, is a country in northwest Africa. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean on the west, by Senegal on the southwest, by Mali on the east and southeast, by Algeria on the northeast, and by the Morocco-controlled Western Sahara on the northwest....
n borders.

Demographics

Tindouf has a population of 44,058 (2006 estimates).

Year Population
1977 (Census) 6,044
1987 (Census) 13,084
2006 (Estimate) 44,058


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