Agadez is an administrative Region in Niger. Agadez covers 634,209 km². The capital of the department is Agadez.
The 667 799 km² of Agadez Region represents 52% of the total area of Niger, the largest of its 7 regions. Despite the size Agadez is sparesely populated, its 321 639 inhabitants are only 2,9% of the total population of Niger, with a population density of only 0.5 people per/km². The region includes the vast Ténéré Saharan desert, dune ...
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Agadez is an administrative Region in Niger. Agadez covers 634,209 km². The capital of the department is Agadez.
The 667 799 km² of Agadez Region represents 52% of the total area of Niger, the largest of its 7 regions. Despite the size Agadez is sparesely populated, its 321 639 inhabitants are only 2,9% of the total population of Niger, with a population density of only 0.5 people per/km². The region includes the vast Ténéré Saharan desert, dune seas like the Erg of Bilma, and the mountains of the Aïr. Much of its population comprises nomadic or semi-nomadic peoples: the Tuareg, Toubou, Wadoobe Fula. In the towns and oasies there, are populations of settled Kanuri (in the east), Hausa, and Songhay. Traversed for centuries by the Trans Saharan trade, its oasis towns of the Aïr and the eastern Kaouar Cliffs are known for their gardens, salt manufacture, and date cultivation. In the late 1990s, tourism became a large industry here, and the Uranium town of Arlit provides some 20% of the...
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