Agades (English spelling)

Japanese: アガデス（英語表記）Agadez; Agades

A city in central Niger. The capital of Agadez prefecture. It is located about 740 km northeast of Niamey, at the southern end of the Aïr Mountains. It was a key location on the ancient trade route across the Sahara Desert, and flourished as the capital of the Tuareg kingdom in the 15th century. It was occupied by France in 1904. Even today, it is a center for nomadic Tuareg people, and a distribution center for livestock products such as leather, grains, and vegetables. In addition to the tin and rock salt produced in the surrounding area, uranium ore has been developed in Arlit in the north, and its importance as a prefecture capital has increased. It is the intersection of the north-south road from Algiers in Algeria to the Gulf of Guinea and the east-west road (Uranium Road) to Niamey, and has a domestic airport. The historic district, including a 27-meter-high mosque made of mud and sun-dried bricks, was registered as a World Heritage Site in 2013. Population: 78,289 (2001).

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Japanese:

ニジェール中部の都市。アガデス県の県都。ニアメーの北東約 740km，アイル山地の南端に位置する。古来サハラ砂漠縦断交易路の要地で，15世紀にはトゥアレグ族の王国の首都として繁栄した。1904年フランスが占領。今日でもトゥアレグ族の遊牧民の中心地で，皮革などの畜産物や穀物，野菜などの集散地。周辺で産するスズと岩塩に加え，北方のアルリトでウラン鉱が開発され，県都としての重要性が高まっている。アルジェリアのアルジェからギニア湾にいたる南北路と，ニアメーにいたる東西路（ウラン道路）の交点であり，国内空港もある。高さ 27mに及ぶ日干し煉瓦と泥でできたモスクなどを含む歴史地区が 2013年世界遺産の文化遺産に登録された。人口 7万8289（2001）。

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