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    Bilma is an oasis town and commune in north east Niger with, as of the 2012 census, a total population of 4,016 people. It lies protected from the desert...
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    N'Guigmi and Agadez were ceded to Niger Colony, leaving only Bilma Cercle as the last military-run section of modern Niger. This area in the far north east...
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    some Trans-Saharan trade routes; most of eastern and south-eastern Niger, including Bilma and Kaouar, was under Kanem's control in this period. Islam had...
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    north central Niger, and to the east it passes Bilma, continuing on to the Chadian border. It surrounds on three sides the oasis of Bilma, southernmost...
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    Bilma is a department of the Agadez Region in Niger. Its capital lies at the city of Bilma. As of 2012, the department had a total population of 17,935...
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  • 2012 census. Aderbissinat Agessis Aouderas Aratène Arlit Assamakka Assodé Bilma Dabaga Fachi Iferouane In-Gall Madama Tegguiada In Tessoum Timia Tin Dawin...
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    Ténéré (category Deserts of Niger)
    the desert near Bilma, Niger, killing all 156 passengers and 14 crew members on board. Making the deadliest aviation incident in Niger. The Ténéré is very...
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  • family. It is spoken in Niger mainly in the Agadez Region by the Bilma Kanuri subgroup, and is named after the town of Bilma. The variety is one of the...
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    500,000 m3), and is seeking further oil in the Tenere Desert and near Bilma. Niger began producing its first barrels of oil in 2011. The economic competitiveness...
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    Azalai (category Economy of Niger)
    African salt caravan route, heading from around Agadez to Fachi and Bilma in Niger, is called Taghlamt (in Tamasheq, or Taglem or Tagalem in Hausa language)...
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    a wide section of the Niger River The oasis at Bilma, Niger The Timia oasis African bush elephants photographed in the Niger section of the W National...
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    Aderbissina Department (Aderbissinat) Arlit Department (Arlit) Bilma Department (Bilma) Iferouane Department (Iferouane) In-Gall Department (In-Gall)...
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    also Kanuri. Cities where it is spoken include Zinder, Diffa, N'Guigmi and Bilma.[citation needed] In Zinder region, the main dialect is Manga. In Diffa...
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    southwest along a river he believed to be the Nile (it was actually the river Niger), until he reached the capital of the Mali Empire. There he met Mansa Suleyman...
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    strictly[clarification needed] exceeds 40 °C (104 °F). Some examples of this are Bilma, Niger and Faya-Largeau, Chad. The annual average daily temperature exceeds...
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    UTA Flight 772 (category Aviation accidents and incidents in Niger)
    Airport in Paris, France, which crashed into the Ténéré desert near Bilma, Niger, on 19 September 1989 with the loss of all 170 people on board, after...
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    Region Departments of Niger Communes of Niger Capital of Niger: Niamey Cities in Niger Abalak Agadez Arlit Assamakka Assodé Ayourou Bilma Birni N'Gaouré Birni-N'Konni...
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    Niger's transportation system was underdeveloped during the colonial period (1899–1960), mainly dependent on animals, humans, and limited river transport...
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    4 °F) in the Faya station, Chad and 44.4 °C (111.9 °F) temperatures in Bilma, Niger. 20 July saw temperatures suddenly drop to a seasonal low. A heat wave...
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    southwest along a river he believed to be the Nile (it was actually the river Niger), until he reached the capital of the Mali Empire. There he met Mansa Suleyman...
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    earthquake.usgs.gov. Retrieved February 2, 2023. "M 4.6 – 259 km WNW of Bilma, Niger". earthquake.usgs.gov. Retrieved April 22, 2023. "M 4.5 – 34 km S of...
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    Niger has 11 national languages, with French being the official language and Hausa the most spoken language. Depending on how they are counted, Niger...
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  • would connect the oil fields of the Agadem oasis, in the Erg of Bilma, in Diffa, Niger with the Port Seme Terminal in Benin. By October 2022, 30% of the...
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    Marine) with bases at Niamey, Zinder, Bilma and Agadez. In 1979 a smaller French force was again based permanently in Niger. France-Nigerien relations continue...
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  • Niger has a long history of petroleum exploration dating back to the 1970s. However, it is only since 2011 with the opening of the Agadem oilfield and...
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    The Departments of Niger are subdivided into communes. As of 2005, in the seven Regions and one Capital Area, there were 36 départements, divided into...
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  • The Niger–Benin Oil Pipeline, also known as Niger-Benin Export Pipeline (NBEP), is a 1,950 kilometer long crude oil pipeline connecting oilfields near...
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    Tree of Ténéré (category Individual trees in Niger)
    it is the first or the last landmark for the azalai leaving Agadez for Bilma, or returning. In his book L'épopée du Ténéré, French ethnologist and explorer...
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  • Sidibé (born October 23, 1955, in Bilma) is a Nigerien politician. Fadjimata Sidibé was born on October 23, 1955, in Bilma. She completed her secondary school...
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    south-eastwards; the border here cuts across the Massif d'Afafi and the Erg of Bilma. The middle section of the boundary slants to the south-west slightly, with...
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