Azawad

Azawad (Tuareg: ⴰⵣⴰⵓⴷ, Azawd; Arabic: أزواد‎, Azawād; French: Azawad) 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.

Azawad ⴰⵣⴰⵓⴷ أزواد Azawad
2012–2012
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Azawad, as claimit bi the MNLA, in green, wi soothren Mali in daurk grey.
Status	Unrecognizit state
Caipital	Timbuktu (proclaimit) Gao (proveesional)
Common leids	Tuareg leids, Hassānīya Arabic, Songhay, French, Fula
Releegion	Islam
Govrenment	Transitional Cooncil o the State o Azawad (Conseil de Transition de l'Etat de l'Azawad, CTEA)
Preses
• 2012	Bilal Ag Acherif
Vice Preses
• 2012	Mahamadou Djeri Maïga
History
• Azawad Declaration    o Unthirldom	6 Aprile 2012
• Battle o Gao	27 Juin 2012
• Faw o Ansongo	12 Julie 2012
Precedit bi Mali

Freemit airtins

Media relatit tae Azawad at Wikimedia Commons

• Website of the MNLA Archived 2012-06-09 at the Wayback Machine