Tin Zaouatine

Tin Zaouatine (تين زاوتين) (also spelled Tinzouatine, Tin Zaoutine, Ti-n-Zaouatene or Tin Zaouaten) is a commune, coextensive with the district of Tin Zaouatine, in In Guezzam Province, Algeria. According to the 2008 census it has a population of 4,157, up from 2,314 in 1998, with an annual growth rate of 6.2%, the highest rate in the province. Its postal code is 11150 and its municipal code is 1107.

History
The commune was created in 1984. Between 2013 and 2016, due to the war in Mali, its population increased from 9,000 to more than 20,000 inhabitants.

Clashes between the police and the local population left at least one dead on June 15, 2020, after the army installed barbed wire to cut off the passage between Tin Zaouatine and the Malian town of the same name, and that that young people were trying to cross. to tear out. In fact, these barbed wire fences prevented access to the wadi, even if the administrative border with Mali is on the other side.

Geography
Tin Zaouatine lies at an elevation of 630 m in the far north-western part of the Adrar des Ifoghas mountain range, which lies mostly in Mali. A series of long, rocky ridges run from north-south to the west of the town.

Climate
Tin Zaouatine has a hot desert climate (Köppen climate classification BWh), with long, extremely hot summers and short, very warm winters. Despite an extremely dry climate, some occasional rainfall occur during the months of August and September due to the influence of the far northern edge of the West African Monsoon, unlike most of the Algerian Desert. Averages high temperatures soar during the height of the long summer season, with daytime highs always over 40 °C (104 °F) during nearly 4 months and even above 45 °C (113 °F), despite the high elevation of the site.

Education
1.9% of the population has a tertiary education, and another 3.6% has completed secondary education. The overall literacy rate is 47.2%, and is 58.1% among males and 35.3% among females; all three figures are the second lowest in the province (after In Guezzam).

Localities
The commune is composed of four localities:


 * Tinzaouatene
 * Hassi In Tafouk (eastern part)
 * Oued Tassamak (western part)
 * Taouandart

Administration and infrastructure
The current mayor of Tin Zaoutine is Mohamed Mansouri (2020), a native of the city, who was in his fourth term in 2016. The municipality is judicially dependent on the In Guezzam court. A gendarmerie brigade is established there, as well as a local health center. Each year, 60 to 70 young high school graduates graduate from Tin Zaouatine high schools. No road connects the locality to its capital Tamanrasset.