Azawad

Azawad (Tuareg: , ; , ; ) is territory an umwhile  unrecognisit state in North Africae unilaterally declared bi the Naitional Muivement for the Liberation o Azawad (MNLA) in 2012 efter a Tuareg rebellion drove the Malian Airmy frae the territory. Azawad, as claimed by the MNLA, comprises the Malian regions o Timbuktu, Kidal, Gao, as well as a pairt o Mopti Region, encompassin aboot 60 percent o Mali's claimed total land aurie. Azawad borders Burkina Faso tae the sooth, Mauritanie tae the wast an northwast, Algerie tae the north an northeast, an Niger tae the east an sootheast, wi undisputit Mali tae its soothwast. It straddles a portion o the Sahara an the Sahelian zone. Gao is its lairgest ceety an the temporary caipital, while Timbuktu is the seicont lairgest ceety, an intendit taeo be the permanent caipital.

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Freemit airtins

Website of the MNLA 

Category:Tuareg

Category:North Africae
Category:Territorial disputes o Mali
Category:Secession in Mali
Category:Disputit territories in Africae
Category:Unrecognizit or lairgely unrecognizit states
Category:Arabic-speakin kintras an territories
Category:States an territories established in 2012
Category:Islamic states