Agadez Region

Demographic info|name=Agadez Region
capital=Agadez
population=321,639
census=2001
area=634,209
density=

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Agadez is an administrative Region in Niger. Agadez covers 634,209 km². The capital of the department is Agadez.

Description

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 foreign exchange for the country. Tuareg insurgencies against the Niger government in the 1990s and mid 2000s and drought in the 1970s, 80s, and 2002 have led to humanitarian crises and damaged the region's economy.

ubdivisions

Agadez is divided into 3 Departments and one Commune.

Borders

Agadez has the following foreign borders, including Niger's only borders on Libya and Algeria:
*Kidal Region, Mali - west
*Tamanghasset Wilayah, Algeria - northwest
*Ghat Sha'biyah, Libya - north
*Murzuq Sha'biyah, Libya - northeast
*Bourkou-Ennedi-Tibesti Region, Chad - eastDomestically, it borders the following departments:
*Diffa Region - southeast
*Zinder Region - south, east of Maradi
*Maradi Region - south, west of Maradi
*Tahoua Region - southwest

ee also

*Departments of Niger
*Regions of Niger
*Communes of Niger

External links

*wikitravel|Agadez|Agadez