Iférouane
Sign in to saveright|thumb|300px|Map of the southern Aïr Mountains. thumb|Map of southern Algeria and surrounding area, Iferouane is at the bottom right Iferouane (), 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, in the Ighazar valley near the Tamgak Range.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Iférouane
- Settlement.other_name
- Iferouan
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Commune
- Settlement.imagesize
- 300px
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Niger
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 280
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Niger
- Settlement.pushpin_relief
- 1
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Agadez Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Department
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Arlit Department
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 120,288
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2012
- Settlement.population_total
- 13,655
- Settlement.population_urban
- 2,486
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Article
5 sectionsContents
- History
- Second Tuareg Rebellion
- Climate
- See also
- References
right|thumb|300px|Map of the southern Aïr Mountains. thumb|Map of southern Algeria and surrounding area, Iferouane is at the bottom right Iferouane (), 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, in the Ighazar valley near the Tamgak Range.
Iferouane is also the location of the headquarters of the Aïr and Ténéré Natural Reserves, a World Heritage Site covering more than . 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.