Tarkint is a village and commune in the Cercle of Bourem in the Gao Region of north-eastern Mali.

Tarkint extends for 23,000 km2 and includes part of the Tilemsi Valley.

The sandblown village became notorious in 2009, when the burnt-out wreckage of an old Boeing 727 airliner was found abandoned in the desert, 85 miles north of Gao, at the scene of the so-called "Cocaine Air" incident.

It is believed that the aircraft had been transporting up to 10 tons of cocaine.

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