Iferouane

Iférouane
Iferouan
Commune
Iférouane is located in Niger
Iférouane
Iférouane
Location in Niger
Coordinates: 19°04′05″N 8°25′10″E / 19.06806°N 8.41944°E / 19.06806; 8.41944
Country Niger
RegionAgadez Region
DepartmentArlit Department
Area
 • Commune120,288 km2 (46,443 sq mi)
Elevation
660 m (auto ft)
Population
 (2012[1])
 • Commune13,655
 • Urban
2,486
 • Summer (DST)UTC+1 (WAT)
Map of the southern Aïr Mountains.

Iferouane (French: Iférouane), also spelled Iferouan, is an oasis town and commune in northern Niger, in Agadez Department. It is located northeast of Arlit in the northern Aïr,[2] in the Ighazar valley[3] near the Tamgak Range.[4]

Iferouane is also the location of the headquarters of the Aïr and Ténéré Natural Reserves, a World Heritage Site covering more than 7,700,000 ha (19,000,000 acres).[5] The Project for the Conservation and Management of the Natural Resources of the Aïr-Ténéré, a joint venture by the government of Niger, the World Conservation Union (IUCN), and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), is also based in Iferouane.[6]

The town is served by Iferouane Airport (ICAO: DRZI).

  1. ^ "Niger: Regions, Cities & Urban Centers - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information".
  2. ^ Casserly, Gordon (1923). Algeria To-day. F.A. Stokes. p. 215. Retrieved 10 December 2007.
  3. ^ Rodd, Francis (January 1929). "A Second Journey among the Southern Tuareg". The Geographical Journal. 73 (1): 81–101. doi:10.2307/1781334. JSTOR 1781334.
  4. ^ Cameron, D.R.G. (June 1928). "A Journey across the Sahara from Kano to Ouarghla". The Geographical Journal. 71 (6): 538–59. doi:10.2307/1783174. JSTOR 1783174.
  5. ^ "Air and Ténéré Natural Reserves". Protected Areas Programme. World Conservation Monitoring Centre, United Nations Environment Programme. April 2002. Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 10 December 2007.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference Gordon was invoked but never defined (see the help page).