Tchin-Tabaraden is a town and commune

Communes of Niger

The Departments of Niger are subdivided into communes. As of 2005, in the seven Regions and one Capital Area, there were 36 départements, divided into 265 communes, 122 cantons and 81 groupements...

 located in the Azawagh area of Niger

Niger

Niger , officially named the Republic of Niger, is a landlocked country in Western Africa, named after the Niger River. It borders Nigeria and Benin to the south, Burkina Faso and Mali to the west, Algeria and Libya to the north and Chad to the east...

, in the north of the Tahoua Region.It is the capital of the Region's Tchin-Tabaraden Department

Tchin-Tabaraden Department

Tchin-Tabaraden is a department of the Tahoua Region in Niger. Its capital lies at the city of Tchin-Tabaraden....

. It is the market center for the Iwillimidan Tuareg. The first insurrectionist movement for the autonomy of Tenere

Ténéré

The Ténéré is a desert region in the south central Sahara. It comprises a vast plain of sand stretching from northeastern Niger into western Chad, occupying an area of over...

, the Tuareg region in central-north and western Niger, began here and in nearby Abalagh in 1985. In the neighboring oasis of In-Gall

In-Gall

In-Gall is a town in the Agadez Region, Tchirozerine Department of northeast Niger, with a year-round population of less than 500...

, the Cure Salee

Cure Salee

The Cure Salee, or "Festival of the Nomads" is a yearly gathering of the Tuareg and Wodaabe peoples in the northern Niger town of Ingall. Cure Salée marks the end of the rainy season, and usually occurs in the last two weeks of September...

, or "the festival of the nomads", is held annually.

The name means place of the young women/girls due to the former practice of all of the young women and girls going to the large well in town to draw water daily. With running water, this is no longer a needed ritual.