Séguédine is a town in central eastern
Niger, lying at the far northern tip of the
Kaouar escarpment, an inhabited oasis in the midst of the
Sahara Desert. It is a
Commune of
Bilma Department,
Agadez Region.
While isolated in modern Niger, it once lay on the important central soudan route of the
Trans-Saharan trade which linked coastal
Libya and the
Fezzan to the
Kanem-Bornu Empire near
Lake Chad
Lake Chad (french: Lac Tchad) is a historically large, shallow, endorheic lake in Central Africa, which has varied in size over the centuries. According to the ''Global Resource Information Database'' of the United Nations Environment Programme, ...
. Its population is made up primarily of traditionally sedentary
Kanuri people, as well as semi-nomadic
Tuareg and
Tubu people.
References
*Samuel Decalo. ''Historical Dictionary of Niger''. Scarecrow Press, London and New Jersey (1979).
*Jolijn Geels. ''Niger''. Bradt London and Globe Pequot New York (2006). .
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Sahara
Populated places in Niger
Oases of Niger
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