Official Name: | Fachi |
Other Name: | Agram |
Settlement Type: | Commune |
Pushpin Map: | Niger |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Niger |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Agadez Region |
Subdivision Type2: | Department |
Subdivision Name2: | Bilma Department |
Subdivision Type3: | Commune |
Subdivision Name3: | Fachi |
Area Total Km2: | 35,536 |
Population As Of: | 2012 census |
Population Total: | 2,215 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | WAT |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Coordinates: | 18.0633°N 11.6061°W |
Elevation M: | 593 |
Elevation Ft: | 1948 |
Footnotes: | [1] |
Fachi is an oasis surrounded by the Ténéré desert and the dunes of the Erg of Bilma in eastern Niger, placed on the western edge of the small Agram mountain outcropping. It has a population of 2,215 people (2012).[2] It is also a stopping point of the Agadez to the Kaouar caravans of the Azalay. Fachi is 100abbr=offNaNabbr=off west of Bilma and 160abbr=onNaNabbr=on east of the Aïr Mountains. Apart from water, dates, and salt, Fachi produces no provisions, and depends entirely upon trade in these products with passing caravans.
Frequently raided by Tuareg and Bedouins in its past, the town is built within high fortifications, known locally as a ksar, built from banco salt blocks; they are now unused.
Fachi's population is largely from the Kanuri and Toubou peoples, in whose language the town is called Agram. Fachi, its official name, is from Tuareg and Hausa peoples, who at one time lived there in larger numbers.