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'''In-Gall''' (var. '''In Gall''', '''I-n-Gall''', '''In-Gal''', '''Ingal''', '''Ingall''') is a town in the [[Agadez Region]], [[Tchirozerine Department]] of northeast [[Niger]], with a year-round population of less than 500. Known for its [[oasis]] and [[Salt pan (geology)|salt flats]], In-Gall is the gathering point for the [[Cure Salee]] festival of [[Tuareg people|Tuareg]] and [[Wodaabe]] pastoralists to celebrate the end of the rainy season each September. During the festival, In-Gall's population grows to several thousand nomads, officials, and tourists. As of 2011, the commune had a total population of 47,170 people.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stat-niger.org/statistique/file/Annuaires_Statistiques/Annuaire_ins_2011/population.pdf|title=Annuaires_Statistiques|publisher=[[Institut National de la Statistique du Niger|Institut National de la Statistique]]|
In-Gall had been a stop on the main roads between the capital of Niger, [[Niamey]] (600 km to the southwest), and the mining town of [[Arlit]] (200 km to the northeast, 150 km from the Algerian border) or the provincial capital [[Agadez]] (100 km to the east). In the 1970s, the main road was repaved to transport [[uranium]] from the French-owned mines in [[Arlit]], but the new road bypassed In-Gall, ending its use as a [[wikt:way station|waystation]]. Since then, its population has dropped from almost 5,000 to less than 500.
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