Bir el-Garama
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Bir el-Garama | |
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Well | |
 The 1881 massacre at Bir el-Garama | |
  Bir el-Garama | |
| Coordinates: 23°16′00″N 6°51′00″E / 23.2667°N 6.85°E[1] | |
| Country | Algeria |
| Province | Tamanrasset |
| Elevation | 1,102 m (3,615 ft) |
Bir el-Garama is a well in the south of Algeria in Tamanrasset Province, 150 kilometres (93 mi) northeast of Tamanrasset, known as the site where a large part of the French colonial Flatters Expedition was wiped out by Tuaregs. It is better known on French maps by its Tamahaq language name: Tagmout T-an Koufar, or 'well of the foreigner'.
Bir el-Garama is also known as Tagmout, Taguienout or Tadjenout, but the latter are common Tuareg place names used all over their territory.[2] It is about 1,177 metres (3,862 ft) above sea level.[3] The Arabic name means "well of the Garamentes". It is close to the course of the Oued Ti-n-Tarabine which peters out into the desert near the Niger border close to the old border post of I-n- Azaoua.