Tin El Koum

Tin El Koum (also written Tin Alkoum; Arabic: تين الكوم) is a village in the commune of Djanet,[1] in Djanet District, Illizi Province, Algeria. It is located in the same valley as Ghat in Libya, deep within the south-eastern Tassili N'Ajjer mountain range, east of Djanet.[2] It is the location of a border crossing into Libya which is controlled by independent Tuareg militias in the Libyan civil war.[3]

Topographic map of the Algerian-Libyan border at Tin-Alkoum
Tin El Koum
تين الكوم
Village
Tin El Koum is located in Algeria
Tin El Koum
Tin El Koum
Coordinates: 24°35′26″N 10°11′40″E
Country Algeria
ProvinceDjanet Province
DistrictDjanet District
CommuneDjanet[1]
Elevation
735 m (2,411 ft)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)

References
  1. "Décret n° 84-365, fixant la composition, la consistance et les limites territoriale des communes. Wilaya d'El Oued" (PDF) (in French). Journal officiel de la République Algérienne. 19 December 1984. p. 1554. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 March 2013. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
  2. "Tin Alkoum, Algeria". Geonames.org. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  3. "Algeria thwarts Mali arms smuggling". Magharebia. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
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