Official Name: | Tchirozerine |
Settlement Type: | Commune and town |
Pushpin Map: | Niger |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Niger |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Niger |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Agadez Region |
Subdivision Type2: | Department |
Subdivision Name2: | Tchirozerine Department |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Total Km2: | 9,057 |
Population As Of: | 2012 census |
Population Total: | 63,503 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | WAT |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Coordinates: | 17.1054°N 7.8281°W |
Elevation M: | 510 |
Tchirozerine is a town and urban commune in Niger.[1] As of 2012, the commune's population was 63,503.[2] [3]
See main article: Coal mining in Niger. Nearby Tchirozerine is the Anou Araren mining area. The state company SONICHAR, established in 1975, has produced coal in an open pit mine since 1980. The production, 246,558 tonnes in 2010, is almost entirely used on site in a power plant, operated by the same company, to power the uranium processing plants of Arlit and Akokan and for the main cities of the Agadez region.