Kawar oases
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The Kawar oases are a chain of desert oasis settlements in northeastern Niger that historically served as a key Saharan caravan and salt-trade hub inhabited largely by Toubou communities.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
oasis
ⓘ
region ⓘ |
| administrativeCenter | Bilma NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderProximity |
Chad
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Libya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| climate | hyper-arid ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | Niger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| environmentalIssue | desertification ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Toubou people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSettlement |
Aney
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bilma NERFINISHED ⓘ Dirkou NERFINISHED ⓘ Fachi NERFINISHED ⓘ Ounianga Kébir NERFINISHED ⓘ Seguedine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriodOfFlourishing |
early modern period
ⓘ
medieval era ⓘ |
| historicalRole |
Saharan caravan hub
ⓘ
salt-trade center ⓘ |
| inhabitedBy | Toubou people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
date palm cultivation
ⓘ
salt production ⓘ trans-Saharan trade ⓘ |
| languageUsed | Tebu languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Sahara Desert
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sahel NERFINISHED ⓘ northeastern Niger ⓘ |
| modernTransport | Trans-Saharan road traffic ⓘ |
| partOf |
Bilma Department
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Diffa Region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| populationCharacteristic | sparsely populated ⓘ |
| productExported |
dates
ⓘ
salt ⓘ |
| productImported |
grain
ⓘ
manufactured goods ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| strategicImportance | control of Saharan salt routes ⓘ |
| terrain |
rocky plateaus
ⓘ
sand dunes ⓘ |
| tradeRoute |
route between Bornu and Tripoli
ⓘ
route between Lake Chad basin and Fezzan ⓘ |
| traditionalEconomy |
caravan trade
ⓘ
oasis agriculture ⓘ salt extraction ⓘ |
| transportMode | camel caravans ⓘ |
| waterSource |
artesian wells
ⓘ
groundwater ⓘ |
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