Tamentit
Tamentit
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Location of Tamentit commune within Adrar Province | |
| Coordinates: 27°46′2″N 0°16′4″W / 27.76722°N 0.26778°W | |
| Country | Algeria |
| Province | Adrar |
| District | Fenoughil |
| Elevation | 240 m (790 ft) |
| Population (2008) | |
• Total | 9,481 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
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Tamentit (Arabic: تامنطيت, romanized: Tamanṭīṭ is a town and commune of Fenoughil District in Adrar Province in southcentral Algeria. According to the 2008 census, it has a population of 9481, up from 7912 in 1998, with an annual growth rate of 1.9%.
Until the late twentieth century, the people of Tamentit spoke Gurara, a variety of the Berber language called Zenati, which is spoken by the Sanhaja.