N'Guigmi
Sign in to savethumb|right|250px|Metric temperature & rainfall diagram for N'guigmi (in German). Shows average daytime high of 27.5 degrees Celsius, total yearly rainfall average of 212 millimetres. '''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.
Key facts
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- 300px
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- Camel riders line up outside the residence of the traditional chief of Nguigmi
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- Location of N'guigmi
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- Niger
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- yes
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- Location in Niger
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- Country
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- Niger
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- Region
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- Diffa Region
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- Department
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- N'guigmi Department
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- Commune
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- Nguigmi
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- 3,134
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- 2012 census
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- 47,198
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
3 sectionsContents
- Overview
- Climate
- References
thumb|right|250px|Metric temperature & rainfall diagram for N'guigmi (in German). Shows average daytime high of 27.5 degrees Celsius, total yearly rainfall average of 212 millimetres. '''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 and is the last stop on the road to Chad. It is "the end of the road" and marks the end of the paved section of the Nigerien Route Nationale 1, although the sections past Diffa are notorious for their poor condition. Two unpaved highways or caravan routes connect to N'guigmi from the north, providing the main road route between Chad and Niger, and one of two land routes to the Kaourar Oasis town of Bilma.