N'Guigmi- Travel Tips

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N'guigmi is a town of around fifteen thousand people in eastern Niger, historically situated on the shores of Lake Chad before the lake's retreat. Serving as a key junction for Tuareg camel caravans and trans-Saharan traders, it remains a regional military post and a hub for the salt trade from Kaourar. The town marks the terminus of Niger's paved Route Nationale 1, with unpaved routes extending north toward Chad and Bilma. Located at the mouth of the seasonal Dilia Bosso wash, N'guigmi was once a center for Kanuri fishing communities, though water access now lies 45 km southwest at Doro village. The town is the administrative seat of its department and home to Kanuri, Wodaabe-Fulani, and Daza/Toubou communities.