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'''In-Gall''' (var. '''In Gall''', '''I-n-Gall''', '''In-Gal''', '''Ingal''', '''Ingall''') is a department, commune and town in the [[Agadez Region
During the Tuareg insurgency of the 1990s,
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==Description==
<blockquote>"''InGall, an oasis town in a semi-desert zone that forms the gateway to the Sahara. InGall is a conglomeration of mud houses, whose gardens, in contrast to the barren landscape in which the town is set, are filled with fruit trees and vegetable patches.''"</blockquote>
==History==
The history,
In-Gall is not only a prominent Tuareg seasonal
===Pre-history===
Archaeological evidence shows the area as a
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==Salt extraction==
In-Gall is intimately linked with the nearby salt industry at [[
==Uranium
In 2004, a Canadian corporation was granted a government license to mine for uranium in the area. Northwestern Mineral Ventures was awarded the Irhazer and Ingall concessions, each
==Dinosaurs==
In-Gall is also famous to outsiders for its
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* Abdoulkader Aghali, Koffi Kouassi. [http://www.lasdel.net/spip/IMG/pdf/198.pdf Observatoire de la décentralisation au Niger: N° 73 La commune d'In Gall]{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} (3, 2008). Laboratoire d'Etudes et de Recherche sur les Dynamiques Sociales et le Développement Local, (LASDEL),
* Abdoulkader Aghali, Salekh Rhousseini. [http://www.lasdel.net/spip/IMG/pdf/172.pdf Observatoire de la décentralisation au Niger: N° 61 La commune d'In Gall]{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} (2, October 2007). Laboratoire d'Etudes et de Recherche sur les Dynamiques Sociales et le Développement Local, (LASDEL),
* Samuel Decalo. Historical Dictionary of Niger. Scarecrow Press, London and New Jersey (1979). {{ISBN
* [https://archive.today/20130115032446/http://intou.phost.be/page.php?ID=15 Niger: Intou.org]. Accessed 2009-03-27.
* Jolijn Geels. Niger. Bradt London and Globe Pequot New York (2006). {{ISBN
* [http://www.palinstravels.co.uk/book-2141 Michael Palin's Travel entry for Ingall]
* [http://www.projectexploration.org/niger2000/9_26_2000.htm description of the town during the
==Other Links==
* [http://www.ingall-niger.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070928090311/http://www.4cornersclub.com/local/image.php?ID=2863&Country=128 Photo of Tuareg men at Ingal Market]▼
▲* [http://www.4cornersclub.com/local/image.php?ID=2863&Country=128 Photo of Tuareg men at Ingal Market]
* [http://www.bourlingueurs.com/niger/index.htm photographs of the InGall market taken by members of a French aid convoy in 2003.]
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