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[[Niger]]: 720,000 (1998)<br />
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The '''Tuareg''' are a [[Berber]] [[ethnic group]] or [[nation]]. They call themselves '''Kel Tamasheq, Kel Tamajaq''' ("speakers of Tamasheq"), '''Imouhar''', ''Imuhagh'', or '''Imashaghen''' ("the free"). The Tuareg people also identify themselves with the word ''[[Tamust]]'', the nation. The meaning of the word Tuareg has been long discussed. It may have come from a [[Libya]]n region known today as [[Fezzan]], but once called [[Targa]]. The Arabic word "Targui", for Tuareg, may have derived from the Targa valley, the main city [[Ubari]] west of [[Sebha]]. Alternatively, Tuareg may have come from a [[Bedouin]] pronunciation of the [[Arabic language|Arabic]] '''Tawariq''' ("abandoned by God", singular '''Tarqi'''). The Tuareg today are found mostly in [[West Africa]], but, like many in Northern Africa, were once [[nomad]]s throughout the [[Sahara]].
==History==
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