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Tchirozerine
Commune and town
TchirozerineLocation in Niger
Coordinates: 17°06′19″N 7°49′41″E / 17.1054°N 7.8281°E / 17.1054; 7.8281
Country	Niger
Region	Agadez Region
Department	Tchirozerine Department
Area
• Total	3,497 sq mi (9,057 km)
Elevation	1,670 ft (510 m)
Population
• Total	63,503
• Density	18/sq mi (7.0/km)
Time zone	UTC+1 (WAT)

Tchirozerine is a town and urban commune in Niger. As of 2012, the commune's population was 63,503.

Economy

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.

References

1. Loi n° 2002-014 du 11 JUIN 2002 portant création des communes et fixant le nom de leurs chefs-lieux. Includes list of 213 communes rurales and seats, 52 Communes urbaines and seats
2. "Tchirozérine (Commune, Niger) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
3. "Annuaires_Statistiques" (PDF). Institut National de la Statistique. Retrieved 2 May 2013.

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