Tamantit
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Tamentit is a commune
or municipality of the Adrar
province in Algeria
. Its population as of 2002 was . The name is sometimes spelled Tamantit.
Until the late twentieth century the people of Tamentit spoke Taznatit
Berber.
The Tamentit iron meteorite
was found nearby in 1864.
Communes of Algeria
This is a list of all communes in the North African country of Algeria. Currently, there are 1,541 communes in the country. The population data is from June 25, 1998.-See also:* List of cities in Algeria* List of postal codes of Algerian cities...
or municipality of the Adrar
Adrar Province
Adrar is a province in southwestern Algeria, named after its capital Adrar. It is the second-largest province, with an area of 427,368 km²...
province in Algeria
Algeria
Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...
. Its population as of 2002 was . The name is sometimes spelled Tamantit.
Until the late twentieth century the people of Tamentit spoke Taznatit
Taznatit language
Zenati, or Taznatit, is the Zenati Berber language of the Gourara region, an archipelago of oases surrounding Timimoun in southwestern Algeria, and of a smaller number of villages in Touat to its south, notably Tamentit and Tittaf.Dialects are Gourara Berberand Touat Berber.Taznatit...
Berber.
The Tamentit iron meteorite
Iron meteorite
Iron meteorites are meteorites that consist overwhelmingly of nickel-iron alloys. The metal taken from these meteorites is known as meteoric iron and was one of the earliest sources of usable iron available to humans.-Occurrence:...
was found nearby in 1864.