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Iferouane ((フランス語:Iférouane)), also spelled Iferouan, is an oasis town in northern Niger, in Agadez Department. It is located northeast of Arlit in the northern Aïr,〔 〕 in the Ighazar valley〔 〕 near the Tamgak Range.〔 〕 Iferouane is also the location of the headquarters of the Aïr and Ténéré Natural Reserves, a World Heritage Site covering more than .〔 〕 The Project for the Conservation and Management of the Natural Resources of the Aïr-Ténéré, a joint venture between the government of Niger, the World Conservation Union (IUCN), and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), is also based in Iferouane.〔 The town has one airport: Iferouane Airport . == History == The Foureau-Lamy Mission, a French military expedition led by Fernand Foreau and Amédée-François Lamy, spent a number of months at Iferouane in 1899. The expedition stopped at Iferouane on February 24, 1899 to acquire additional pack animals, their number having dwindled from 1,004 to 585, and departed on June 10, 1899, heading for Agadez. During this time, the expeditionary force faced multiple attacks by Tuareg nomads and saw the size of its caravan dwindle from 585 camels to 75.〔 〕〔 〕 During Niger's colonial period, Iferouane was the northernmost military outpost in the French colony.〔 In 1964, a few years after independence, the population of Iferouane ''cercle'' was approximately 10,000.〔 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Iferouane」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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