Agadez (Region)
The Agadez Region is one of seven regions of Niger and is located in the north of the country. Its capital is Agadez. The region covers an area of 667 799 square kilometers and is the largest in the Niger region. It has 481 982 inhabitants ( 2012).
Geography
The topography of the Agadez region is largely determined by the Ténéré Desert, Grand Erg You Bilma, the Aïr Mountains and the plateau of Djado. The rains are low. There is fossil groundwater resources. In its geological structure of the region combines several geological eras: the Paleozoic ( mainly in the north ), the Mesozoic (especially in the south-west ), the Quaternary (especially in the southeast ) and the Precambrian (especially in the Aïr Mountains).
Villages ( oases ) next to Agadez City, Arlit, Bilma, Dirkou, Fachi, Iferouane, Ingall, Seguedine, Tegguida -n- Tessoum and Timia.
Agadez is bordered to the northwest by the province of Tamanrasset in Algeria, in the northeast on the Munizipe Ghat and Murzuq in Libya, to the east by the region Borkou - Ennedi Tibesti in Chad and to the west by the Kidal region in Mali. South of Agadez are - from east to west - the Nigerien regions Diffa, Zinder, Maradi and Tilabéri.
The region is important for the Paläoarchäologie excavation area Gadoufaoua, the so-called dinosaur graveyard of the Sahara.
History
The Agadez region dates back as an administrative unit in 1964 created the department of Agadez. 1998 Agadez has been transformed as all previous Nigerien departments in a region.
Population
The area of the Agadez region in 1960, the year of independence in Niger, about 62,000 inhabitants. The census in 1977 was 124 985 inhabitants, the census 1988 205 108 inhabitants and the 2001 census 321 639 inhabitants. The census in 2012 was 481 982 inhabitants.
Agadez is the only region of Niger, where the Tuareg are the majority. This people group includes 60% of the total population. The second largest group are the Hausa, with 24%. Other ethnic groups in the region are Kanuri and Zarma - Songhai, each with 5 %, Arabs and Fulani with 2 % and Tubu with 1%.
Economy and infrastructure
The Agadez region is economically very important, since one of the world's largest uranium deposits is reduced. Uranium is the most important export of the Niger.
Agricultural Agadez, however, is rather sparse. In the oases agriculture is possible at a modest extent. Economically important is the salt. Salt caravans transporting salt from the oases in the cities of Niger to the south, where it is exchanged for millet and other food and consumer goods.
In the Agadez region, there are 399 primary schools, 16 of which are private schools. The gross enrollment rate was in the school year 2009/2010 83.1 % ( nationwide 72.9 % ) in girls 79.3 % ( nationwide 63.9 %). At a primary school teacher average of 34 students ( 39 nationwide ) came. The primary school completion rate was 52.6 % ( nationwide 49.3 % ) in girls 50.5 % ( nationwide 41.5 %).
Administrative divisions
The Agadez region is divided into six departments Aderbissinat, Arlit, Bilma, Iférouane, Ingall and Tchirozérine.