In Amenas ( , '' ‘ In ’ Amanās '' ) is a town and commune in eastern Algeria , bordering with Libya . The town is located west of the border . There is no border crossing in the area . The municipality had 7,385 inhabitants in 2008 , up from 5.302 in 1998 , with an annual growth rate of 3.4 % According to the Algerian novelist Mouloud Mammeri the name is a Tuareg word which means " lieu des méharis " or " place of camel drivers . " The natural gas facility near the municipality was attacked by Islamist militants on 16 January 2013
attacked by Islamist militants
In Amenas hostage crisis
In Amenas