The Tamasheq language is spoken principally in an area located 20 km north of what river?
Timbuktu Timbuktu (pron.: ), also spelled as Tinbuktu, Timbuctoo and Timbuktoo (Berber: ;French: "Tombouctou" ; Koyra Chiini: "Tumbutu"), is an ancient city in Mali, situated 20 km north of the Niger River. The town is the capital of the Timbuktu Region, one of the eight administrative regions of Mali. It had a population of 54,453 in the 2009 census.
Fort Simpson Fort Simpson (Slavey language: Liidli Kue "place where rivers come together") is a village, the only one in the entire territory, in the Dehcho Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada. The community is located on an island at the confluence of the Mackenzie and Liard Rivers. It is approximately 500 km west of Yellowknife. Both rivers were traditionally trade routes for the Hudson's Bay Company and the native Dene people of the area.