Iferouane Department

Iferouane
Department
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Country Niger
RegionAgadez Region
Area
 • Total
53,900 sq mi (139,600 km2)
Population
 (2012)
 • Total
32,731
 • Density0.61/sq mi (0.23/km2)
Time zoneUTC+1 (GMT 1)

Iferouane is a department of the Agadez Region in Niger. Its administrative seat is the city of Iferouane. As of 2012, the department had a total population of 32,731 people.[1]

History

The department goes back to the administrative post (poste administratif) of Iférouane, which was established in 1964.[2] In 2011, the administrative post was separated from the department of Arlit and elevated to the department of Iférouane.[3]

Municipalities

Iferouane Department is divided into two municipalities, listed with population as of 2012 census:

Notes

  1. ^ "Niger: Municipal Division (Departments and Communes) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2024-02-22.
  2. ^ Edmond Séré de Rivières (1965), Histoire du Niger, Paris: Berger-Levrault, p. 275
  3. ^ "Une nouvelle loi sur le redécoupage administratif" (PDF), L'Arbre à Palabres, no. 13, p. 2, 2011-08-11, archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-01, retrieved 2014-01-28