Azawad (Tuareg:ⴰⵣⴰⵓⴷ,Azawd;Arabic:أزواد,Azawād; French:Azawad) is territory an umwhileunrecognisit state inNorth Africaeunilaterally declared bi theNaitional Muivement for the Liberation o Azawad (MNLA) in 2012 efter aTuareg rebellion drove theMalian Airmy frae the territory. Azawad, as claimed by the MNLA, comprises theMalian regions oTimbuktu,Kidal,Gao, as well as a pairt oMopti Region,[1] encompassin aboot 60 percent o Mali's claimed total land aurie. Azawad bordersBurkina Faso tae the sooth,Mauritanie tae the wast an northwast,Algerie tae the north an northeast, anNiger tae the east an sootheast, wi undisputit Mali tae its soothwast. It straddles a portion o theSahara an theSahelian zone.Gao is its lairgest ceety an the temporary caipital,[2] whileTimbuktu is the seicont lairgest ceety, an intendit taeo be the permanent caipital.
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