N'guigmi
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N'guigmi
Nguigmi, Ngigmi | |
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 Camel riders line up outside the residence of the traditional chief of Nguigmi | |
  N'guigmi Location of N'guigmi | |
| Coordinates: 14°15′10″N 13°06′39″E / 14.25278°N 13.11083°E | |
| Country | Niger |
| Region | Diffa Region |
| Department | N'guigmi Department |
| Commune | Nguigmi |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3,134 km2 (1,210 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 297 m (977 ft) |
| Population (2012 census)[1] | |
| • Total | 47,198 |
| • Density | 15/km2 (39/sq mi) |
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N'guigmi is a city and Commune of fifteen thousand in the easternmost part of Niger, very near to Lake Chad – lying on its shore until the lake retreated. It is a crossroads for the traditional camel caravans of the Toureg and for traders plying North and South across the Sahara.
Overview
N'guigmi is a military centre for the region, a centre for the salt trade from
Kaourar Oasis town of Bilma
.
The town lies at the mouth of the
Sahel drought of the mid-1970s the shore was 85 km away from N'guigmi in Chad.[4]
The town is the seat of the
Toubou
ethnic groups.
References
- ^ Population figures from citypopulation.de, citing (2012) Institut National de la Statistique du Niger.
- ^ Nguigmi, Niger Page. Falling Rain Genomics, Inc. 1996–2004
- ^ See Geels. 2005 photographs from a Dutch travel writer are posted here, and here
- ^ Geels (2006) pp.236–237
- Decalo, Samuel (1997). Historical Dictionary of the Niger (3rd ed.). Boston & Folkestone: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-3136-8.: p.225
- Geels, Jolijn (2006). Niger. Chalfont St Peter, Bucks / Guilford, CT: Bradt UK / Globe Pequot Press. ISBN 978-1-84162-152-4.: pp.232–237
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