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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><ref>[http://travel.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,10325-1168679,00.html Iain Gately, ''Sunday Times'', 2004.]{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
==History==
The history, archaeology, and culture of the In-Gall area has been extensively studied, most notably by the French anthropologist and archaeologist couple, Suzanne and Edmond Bernus.<ref>While the Bernus have written several works on the area, the most notable is the five volume ''La Région d'In Gall—Tegidda n Tesemt (Niger): programme archéologique d'urgence, 1977–1981.'' which indexed ancient burial mounds, trade routes, metal working, the first medieval Berber occupation sites, and the unique salt extraction economy which was fading after the construction of the paved highway in the 1970s. Prior to this they produced a single volume work: [[Edmond Bernus]] and [[Suzanne Bernus]]. Du sel et des dattes: introduction à l'étude de la communauté d'In Gall et de Tegidda-n-tesemt. Etudes Nigeriennes, 31. Niamey: Centre Nigérien de Recherches en Sciences Humaines, (1972).</ref>
In-Gall is not only a prominent Tuareg seasonal centre, to which certain clans return each year, but it has a history as a stop in the [[Trans-Saharan trade]], was
===Pre-history===
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==Salt extraction==
In-Gall is intimately linked with the nearby salt industry at [[
==Uranium mining==
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 {{convert|2000|km2}} in size. Mines
==Dinosaurs==
In-Gall is also famous to outsiders for its palaeontological digs, most notably the [[Jobaria tiguidensis]], and the remains of petrified forests dating back 135 million years.<ref>See The Dinosaurs of InGall [http://www.projectexploration.org/niger2000/feature_12_03_2000_e.htm http://www.projectexploration.org/niger2000/feature_12_03_2000_e.htm] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060928072620/http://www.projectexploration.org/niger2000/feature_12_03_2000_e.htm |date=28 September 2006 }}</ref>
==References==
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* 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), Niamey. Retrieved 2009-03-16.
* Samuel Decalo. Historical Dictionary of Niger. Scarecrow Press, London and New Jersey (1979). {{ISBN|0-8108-1229-0}}
* [https://archive.
* Jolijn Geels. Niger. Bradt London and Globe Pequot New York (2006). {{ISBN|1-84162-152-8}}.
* [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==
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