Bilma

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Settlement.official_name: Bilma
Settlement.settlement_type: Commune
Settlement.image_map: Erg of bilma.png
Settlement.mapsize: 325px
Settlement.pushpin_map: Niger
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 300
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Agadez Region
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Department
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Bilma Department
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Commune
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Bilma
Settlement.population_as_of: 2012 census
Settlement.population_total: 4016
Settlement.elevation_m: 358
Settlement.elevation_ft: 1175

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Population: 4409
Elevation: 358
Image: Oasis-Bilma.jpg

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Bilma is an oasis town and commune in north east Niger with, as of the 2012 census, a total population of 4,016 people.

It lies protected from the desert dunes under the Kaouar Cliffs and is the largest town along the Kaouar escarpment. It is known for its gardens, for salt and natron production through evaporation ponds, date cultivation, and as the destination of one of the last Saharan caravan routes (the Azalai, from Agadez).