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 km²	17 080 indwallers	Bilma	Bilma, Djado, Fachi, Kawar
Tchirozérine	154 746 km²	118 068 indwallers	Tchirozérine