Tarkint

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|name = Tarkint

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|settlement_type = Commune and village

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|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = {{flag|Mali}}

|subdivision_type1 = Region

|subdivision_name1 = Gao Region

|subdivision_type2 = Cercle

|subdivision_name2 = Bourem Cercle

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|government_type = Elected body

|leader_title = Mayor

|leader_name = Baba Ould Cheikh Sid’Elmoctar Alkounti

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|area_footnotes ={{citation | title=Plan de Securite Alimentaire Commune de Tarkint 2005-2009 | publisher=Commissariat à la Sécurité Alimentaire, République du Mali, USAID-Mali | year=2005 | url=http://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/AC58E8EF0F340C88C125722C004CAFBA-govt-mli-tarkint-30jun.pdf | language=French }}.

|area_total_km2 =23000

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|population_as_of = 2009 census

|population_footnotes ={{citation | url=https://www.essonnesahel.org/spip/IMG/pdf/mali.pdf

| publisher=République de Mali: Institut National de la Statistique| title=Resultats Provisoires RGPH 2009 (Région de Gao) | language=French }}.

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|timezone = GMT

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|elevation_m = 305

|elevation_ft = 1000

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Tarkint is a village and commune in the Cercle of Bourem in the Gao Region of north-eastern Mali. The village is {{convert|70|km|abbr=on}} northeast of Bourem and {{convert|123|km|abbr=on}} from Gao. Tarkint extends for 23,000 km² and includes part of the Tilemsi Valley. In the 2009 census Tarkint had a population of 19,082.