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Agadez Region is one of the seven regions of Niger. At 667,799 square kilometres (257,839 sq mi), it covers more than half of Niger's land area, and is the largest region in the country, as well as the largest African state subdivision. The capital of the department is Agadez.
Agadez (Air Tamajeq: ⴰⴶⴰⴷⴰⵣ, Agadaz), formerly spelled Agadès, [1] is the fifth largest city in Niger, with a population of 110,497 based on the 2012 census. [2] The capital of the eponymous Agadez Region , the city lies in the Sahara desert , and is also the capital of Aïr , one of the traditional Tuareg – Berber federations.
Known as the gateway to the desert, Agadez, on the southern edge of the Sahara desert, developed in the 15th and 16th centuries when the Sultanate of Aïr was established and Touareg tribes were sedentarized in the city, respecting the boundaries of old encampments, which gave rise to a street pattern still in place today. The historic centre ...
Map of the southern Aïr Mountains. Arlit is an industrial town and capital of the Arlit Department of the Agadez Region of northern-central Niger, built between the Sahara Desert and the eastern edge of the Aïr Mountains. It is 200 kilometers south by road from the border with Algeria. As of 2012, the commune had a total population of 79,725 ...
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Tchirozerine is a department of the Agadez Region in Niger. Its capital lies at the city of Tchirozerine. As of 2012, the department had a total population of 244,706 people. [1] It is divided administratively into the following communes: Communes urbaines (urban commune) : Tchirozérine, Agadez (the capital of the Agadez Region)
Arlit is a department of the Agadez Region in Niger. Its capital lies at the city of Arlit . As of 2012, the department had a total population of 105,025 people.
When the French retook Agadez, a brutal punitive expedition through the Aïr left Aouderas abandoned. By 1924, though, Aouderas was resettled, both with the remains of the local Ikelan, but also with refugees from Iferwan, also razed by Kaosen and the French successively. At that time it was the second largest town in the Aïr, after Agadez. [6]