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speaking with 79.13% of the city speaking it in 2009. The second most spoken language in Kidal city is
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1155:"Mali unrest: Kidal attack kills two UN peacekeepers"
1199:"Reconstituted Malian army returns to town of Kidal"
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1078:National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad
1013:"Mali coup: Rebels seize desert capital Kidal"
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1070:"Déclaration D'Indépendance De L'Azawad"
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506:Climate data for Kidal (1950–2000)
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308:Historical population
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290:On 13 February 2020
280:in Kidal killed two
193: • Density
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1161:15 February
278:car bombing
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1561:Timtaghène
1317:12 October
1287:12 October
1139:30 January
1117:30 January
1088:28 January
1043:Al Arabiya
906:References
859:Source 1:
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180:Population
104:18°26′20″N
480:Musician
378:Languages
364:Languages
107:1°24′30″E
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1545:Tessalit
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1468:Boghassa
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1444:Abeïbara
1425:Capital:
1355:30 March
1209:31 March
1113:. London
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1017:BBC News
971:20 March
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458:Tamasheq
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350:sources:
255:Timbuktu
225:and the
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875:Gallery
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405:
401:Songhai
392:
383:percent
322:±% p.a.
233:History
211:commune
132:Country
43:Commune
1635:Azawad
1630:Tuareg
1565:Inabag
1522:Essouk
1518:Essouk
1512:Anefif
1508:Anefif
1183:22 May
851:275.5
848:286.6
845:296.4
842:271.6
839:276.9
836:269.8
833:230.8
830:294.0
827:283.9
824:286.1
821:267.3
818:274.5
511:Month
470:Arabic
427:Arabic
396:79.13%
345:+7.98%
342:25,969
331:11,159
267:French
247:Azawad
188:25,617
155:Cercle
143:Region
1502:Kidal
1498:Kidal
1428:Kidal
1370:(PDF)
1349:(PDF)
1342:(PDF)
1267:(PDF)
1256:(PDF)
1239:(PDF)
1228:(PDF)
998:(PDF)
991:(PDF)
965:(PDF)
958:(PDF)
807:22.6
758:128.0
550:Year
440:Other
435:3.78%
422:5.51%
409:7.18%
203:Kidal
82:Kidal
32:Kidal
1357:2012
1319:2015
1289:2015
1211:2020
1185:2014
1163:2014
1141:2013
1119:2013
1090:2013
1051:2012
1025:2012
973:2012
804:0.3
801:0.1
798:0.6
795:3.9
792:6.9
789:6.1
786:3.0
783:1.0
780:0.2
777:0.2
774:0.1
771:0.2
738:23.1
733:45.9
728:36.8
723:11.6
688:21.6
683:13.7
678:18.0
673:23.2
668:26.0
663:26.2
658:27.2
653:28.6
648:27.0
643:23.0
638:18.7
633:14.8
628:12.5
618:36.2
613:28.9
608:33.4
603:38.0
598:39.1
593:38.4
588:39.9
583:41.9
578:41.5
573:38.8
568:34.8
563:31.1
558:28.0
547:Dec
544:Nov
541:Oct
538:Sep
535:Aug
532:Jul
529:Jun
526:May
523:Apr
520:Mar
517:Feb
514:Jan
448:4.4%
339:2009
328:1998
317:Pop.
313:Year
269:and
263:Mali
215:Mali
167:Area
136:Mali
1074:Gao
753:0.2
748:0.2
743:3.0
718:5.3
713:1.0
708:0.2
703:0.1
698:0.6
219:Gao
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