Kel Ahaggar is a Tuareg confederation in the Ahaggar Mountains

Ahaggar Mountains

The Ahaggar Mountains , also known as the Hoggar, are a highland region in central Sahara, or southern Algeria, along the Tropic of Cancer. They are located about 1,500 km  south of the capital, Algiers and just west of Tamanghasset. The region is largely rocky desert with an average...

 in Algeria

Algeria

Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...

. The confederation is believed to have been founded by Tin Hinan

Tin Hinan

Tin Hinan is the name given by the Tuareg to a 4th-century woman of prestige whose monumental tomb is located in the Sahara at Abalessa in the Ahaggar or Hoggar region of Algeria...

, with the "official" founding being around 1750. It has been largely defunct since 1977, when it was terminated by the Algerian government

Algeria

Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...

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The language of the confederation is Tahaggart, a dialect of Tamahaq

Tamahaq language

Tamahaq is the only known Northern Tuareg language, spoken in Algeria, western Libya, and northern Niger. It varies little from the southern languages of Ayr, Azawagh or Adagh, with the differences mostly being substitution of sounds, for instance Tamahaq instead of Tamajaq or...

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Tribes

The Kel Ahaggar confederation is made up of a number of tribes, including:

• Aït Loaien
• Dag Rali (also spelled Dag Ghâli)
• Iregenaten
• Kel Rela, the ruling tribe.
• Kel Silet
• Taituq
• Tégéhé Millet

See also

• Rulers of Kel Ahaggar
  Rulers of Kel Ahaggar
  -List of Rulers of Kel Ahaggar:Territory located in present-day Algeria:Amenokal = Ruler-See also:*Algeria**Heads of state of Algeria**Heads of government of Algeria...
  
  
• Touareg
  • Kel Adagh
    Kel Adagh
    The Kel Adagh are a Toureg confederation of clans living in the region of the Adrar des Iforas highlands in Mali. The name comes from Tamasheq "Kel" and "Adagh"...
    
    
  • Kel Ajjer
    Kel Ajjer
    Kel Ajjer is a Tuareg confederation in western Libya and eastern Algeria. Their main stronghold was Ghat, with Ubari coming second. They speak the language Tamahaq.-See also:* Azjar*Tuareg**Kel Adagh**Kel Ahaggar**Kel Ayr...
    
    
  • Kel Ayr
    Kel Ayr
    Kel Ayr were a semi-nomadic Tuareg tribal confederation which ruled an area centered on the Aïr Mountains in what is today Niger....
    
    
  • Kel Gres
    Kel Gres
    The Kel Gress are a Toureg confederation of clans who in the modern era have mostly lived in south central Niger, though who have a history of occupation of the Air Mountains prior to the 17th century...
    
    
  • Aulliminden
    Aulliminden
    The Iwellemmedan are one of the seven major Tuareg tribal or clan confederations...
    
    : Kel Ataram (west) and Kel Dinnik (east)

External links

• http://sea.unep-wcmc.org/sites/pa/1460v.htm
• Kel Ahaggar (in German)
• http://www.petrabode.privat.t-online.de/detail.htm (in German)