Agadez Region

Agadez is an admeenistrative Region in Niger. Agadez covers 634,209 km². The caipital o the depairtment is Agadez.

Description
The 667,799 km² o Agadez Region represents 52% o the tot aurie o Niger, the lairgest o its 7 regions. Despite the size Agadez is spairesely populatit, its 321 639 indwallers are anerlie 2,9% o the tot population o Niger, wi a population density o anerlie 0.5 fowk per/km².  The region includes the vast Ténéré Saharan desert, dune seas lik the Erg o Bilma, an the muntains o the Aïr. Hintle o its population comprises nomadic or semi-nomadic fowk: the Tuareg, Toubou, Wadoobe Fula. In the touns an oasies thare, are populations o settled Kanuri (in the east), Hausa, an Songhay. Traversed for centuries bi the Trans Saharan trade, its oasis touns o the Aïr an the eastren Kaouar Cliffs are kent for thair gairdens, saut manufactur, an date cultivation.  In the late 1990s, tourism became a lairge industry here, an the Uranium toun o Arlit provides some 20% o the foreign exchynge for the kintra. Tuareg insurgencies against the Niger govrenment in the 1990s an mid 2000s an drocht in the 1970s, 80s, an 2002 hae led tae humanitarian crises an damaged the region's economy.

Subdiveesions
Agadez is dividit intae 3 Depairtments an ane Commune.

+ Admeenistrative Subdiveesions  Commune Size  Population Agadez  .......  78 289 indwallers Depairtment  Size  Population  Chief Town   Cantons Arlit  216 774 km²  98 170 indwallers Arlit Bilma  296 279 km²17 080 indwallers Bilma Bilma, Djado, Fachi, Kawar Tchirozérine  154 746 km²  118 068 indwallers Tchirozérine     
Borders
Agadez haes the follaein foreign borders, includin Niger's anerlie borders on Libie an Algerie:
Kidal Region, Mali - wast
Tamanghasset Wilayah, Algerie - northwast
Ghat Sha'biyah, Libie - north
Murzuq Sha'biyah, Libie - northeast
Bourkou-Ennedi-Tibesti Region, Chad - east
Domestically, it borders the follaein regions:
Diffa Region - sootheast
Zinder Region - sooth, east o Maradi
Maradi Region - sooth, wast o Maradi
Tahoua Region - soothwast

See an aw
Depairtments o Niger
Regions o Niger
Communes o Niger

Freemit airtins


Category:Regions o Niger
Category:Tuareg