Anéfis

{{Infobox settlement | name = Anéfis | other_name = | native_name =  | nickname = | settlement_type = Commune and village | motto =  | image_skyline = | imagesize = | image_caption = | image_flag = | flag_size = | image_seal = | seal_size = | image_shield = | shield_size = | image_map = | mapsize = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Mali | pushpin_label_position = bottom | pushpin_mapsize = 300 | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Mali | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Mali}} | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = Kidal Region | subdivision_type2 = Cercle | subdivision_name2 = Kidal Cercle | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name3 = | | government_footnotes = | government_type = | leader_title = | leader_name = | leader_title1 =  | leader_name1 = | established_title =  | established_date =  | area_magnitude = | unit_pref =  | area_footnotes = <ref name=precaged>{{ citation | title=Programme de renforcement des capacités nationales pour une gestion stratégique du développement (PRECAGED): Schéma d'aménagement et de développement de la Commune Rurale Anefif | publisher= République du Mali: Ministère de l'économie programme des nations unies et des finances | year=2004 | url=http://www.bndr-mali.org/bnn-mali/index.php?option%3Dcom_docman%26task%3Ddoc_download%26gid%3D1520%26Itemid%3D53 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317130430/http://www.bndr-mali.org/bnn-mali/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=1520&Itemid=53 |archive-date=2012-03-17 | language=fr }}.</ref> | area_total_km2 = 2800  | area_land_km2 =  | population_as_of = 2009 | population_footnotes = <ref name=pop2009>{{citation|url=http://instat.gov.ml/documentation/kidal.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722220031/http://instat.gov.ml/documentation/kidal.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-07-22 |publisher=République de Mali: Institut National de la Statistique |title=Resultats Provisoires RGPH 2009 (Région de Kidal) }}.</ref> | population_note = | population_total = 5087 | population_density_km2 = auto | population_density_sq_mi = | population_metro = | population_density_metro_km2 = | population_density_metro_sq_mi = | population_blank1_title = Ethnicities | population_blank1 = | population_density_blank1_km2 = | population_density_blank1_sq_mi =  | timezone = GMT | utc_offset = +0 | timezone_DST = | utc_offset_DST = | coordinates = {{coord|18|2|40|N|0|36|10|E|region:ML_type:city|display=inline,title}} | elevation_footnotes =  | elevation_m = | elevation_ft =  | postal_code_type =  | postal_code = | area_code = | blank_name = | blank_info = | blank1_name = | blank1_info = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Anéfis''' or '''Anefif''' is a Saharan village and commune in the Cercle of Kidal in the Kidal Region of north-eastern Mali.

== Geography == Anefif is located on the Tessalit Trail. It lies {{convert|95|km|abbr=on}} southwest of Kidal on the route linking Kidal to Bourem and Gao. In 2009 the commune had a population of 5,087.<ref name="pop2009" />

There are multiple rocks and stones made from volcanic material.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Bertrand|first1=J. M.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Je7fBAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Anefis%22&pg=PA232|title=Afrique de l'Ouest: Introduction Géologique et Termes Stratigraphiques|last2=Bertrand-Sarfati|first2=J.|last3=Bessoles|first3=B.|date=2013-10-22|publisher=Elsevier|isbn=978-1-4831-3826-8|language=fr}}</ref>

== History == In 2013, the Malian Military attacked Tuareg rebels living in the village. The war was highly criticized by the military, and the press, who claimed that it was too invasive and violent.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Ahmed|first=Baba|date=5 June 2013|title=Malian army takes Anefis, 1st territorial gain|work=The San Diego Union Tribune|url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-malian-army-takes-anefis-1st-territorial-gain-2013jun05-story.html|access-date=26 July 2020}}</ref>

== Climate == The commune has a Saharian climate and is too dry for rain-fed agriculture. The annual rainfall of around 150 mm occurs between late June and early September.<ref name="precaged" />

== Kel Adagh == There are many Kel Adagh in the area, along with multiple small clans.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Badi|first=Dida|date=2001-12-31|title=Une expérience de recherche sur un terrain saharien : l'Adagh des Ifoughas|url=http://journals.openedition.org/insaniyat/9643|journal=Insaniyat / إنسانيات. Revue algérienne d'anthropologie et de sciences sociales|language=fr|issue=14–15|pages=129–147|doi=10.4000/insaniyat.9643|issn=1111-2050|via=OpenEdition.org|doi-access=free|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

== Notable people ==

* Abdullah Senussi - Head of Libyan Military Intelligence (born 1949).<ref>{{Cite journal|date=20 October 2014|title=Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1103/2014|url=https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32014R1103&rid=1|journal=Official Journal of the European Union|via=EUR-Lex}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{citation | title=Plan de Sécurité Alimentaire Commune Rurale de Anefif 2007-2011 | publisher=Commissariat à la Sécurité Alimentaire, République du Mali, USAID-Mali | year=2007 | url=http://www.aec.msu.edu/fs2/mali_fd_strtgy/plans/kidal/kidal/psa_anefif.pdf | language=fr | ref=none | access-date=2012-04-23 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120920014117/http://www.aec.msu.edu/fs2/mali_fd_strtgy/plans/kidal/kidal/psa_anefif.pdf | archive-date=2012-09-20 | url-status=dead }}. {{Communes of the Kidal Region}}

Category:Communes of Kidal Region