Azawad

Tuareg name for a territory in northern Mali
Organization administrative_territorial_entity Q43937
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Summary

Azawad is an administrative territorial entity[1]. Azawad ranks in the top 0.1% of administrative territorial entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,540 views/month, #1 of 975).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Mali[3]
  • Head of government: Bilal Ag Acherif[4]
  • Continent: Africa[5]
  • Instance of: quasi-state[6]
  • Capital: Timbuktu[7]
  • Flag: flag of Azawad[8]
  • Commons category: Azawad[9]
  • Located in time zone: UTC±00:00[10]
  • Said to be the same as: Azawad[11]
  • Local dialing code: 223[12]
  • Inception: April 6, 2012[13]
  • Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 2013[14]
  • Official website: http://www.mnlamov.net/[15]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Azawad[16]
  • Population: 3,000,000[17]
  • Official name: دولة أزواد المستقلة[18], État indépendant de l’Azawad[19]
  • Native label: دولة أزواد المستقلة[20], État indépendant de l’Azawad[21]
  • Area: 932,490 km²[22]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Azawad[23]

Why It Matters

Azawad has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] Azawad is known by 45 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 17w ago · AMAN KUMAR · 2026-06-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Dissolved, abolished or demolished date → +2013-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Capital → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Azawad
    Capital → Timbuktu
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Image: Azawad in context.JPG"
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