In Amenas
عين أمناس | |
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Town and Commune | |
 Location of In Amenas commune within Illizi Province | |
  In Amenas Location of In Amenas within Algeria | |
| Coordinates: 28°2′27″N 9°32′35″E / 28.04083°N 9.54306°E | |
| Country |  Algeria |
| Province | Illizi |
| District | Ain Amenas (seat) |
| Area | |
• Total | 14,913 km2 (5,758 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 549 m (1,801 ft) |
| Population (2008)[1] | |
• Total | 7,385 |
| • Density | 0.50/km2 (1.3/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01 (CET) |
| Postal code | 33200 |
| ONS code | 3306 |
In Amenas (Arabic: عين أمناس,[2] ‘In ’Amanās) is a town and commune in eastern Algeria, bordering with Libya. The town is located 30 kilometres (19 mi) west of the border. There is no border crossing in the area. The municipality had 7,385 inhabitants in 2008,[1] up from 5.302 in 1998,[3] with an annual growth rate of 3.4%[1] According to the Algerian novelist Mouloud Mammeri the name is a Tuareg word which means "place of camel drivers."[4][5]
The natural gas facility near the municipality was attacked by Islamist militants in January 2013.[6]
- ^ a b c "Population: Béchar Wilaya" (PDF) (in French). Office National des Statistiques Algérie. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2011. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
- ^ Wilaya of Ilizi in Official journals of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
- ^ "Algeria Communes". Statoids. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
- ^ Jacqueline Arnaud, Poétiques croisées du Maghreb 1991 Université Paris-Nord. Centre d'études francophones, Jāmiʻat al-Jazāʼir. Equipe de recherches: Sémiologie du texte littéraire et analyse du discours - 1991 commentary on Mouloud Mammeri, La Traversée Page 72 "Il décrit l'oasis d'In Amenas: "Mourad, lui aussi, découvre le village fantôme, d'abord dans le Sahara, et ensuite en Kabylie. Il décrit l'oasis d'In Amenas: In Amenas veut dire en touareg le lieu des méharis. Ce n'était plus qu'une dérision. A la place des méharis ..."
- ^ Mildred P. Mortimer Journeys through the French African novel 1990 commentary on Mouloud Mammeri, La Traversée - Page 124 "Tension between the irretrievable past and the impoverished present is presented by the contrast between memories of graceful camels and sights of awkward lumbering trucks: "In Amenas means in Tuareg the gathering place of camel drivers.."
- ^ New York Times report on In Aménas hostage crisis