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    The Aïr Mountains or Aïr Massif (Tamajăq: Ayǝr; Hausa: Eastern Azbin, Western Abzin) is a triangular massif, located in northern Niger, within the Sahara...
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    UNESCO's Aïr and Ténéré Natural Reserves include two parts: Aïr and Ténéré National Nature Reserve IUCN type IV Established 1 January 1988 64,560 km² Aïr and...
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    as Tenere Sultanate of Aïr, Sultanate of Aïr, or Asben) was a Berber kingdom centered in the city of Agadez in the Aïr Mountains, located at the southern...
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    said to be the Aïr Mountains in the west, the Hoggar Mountains in the north, the Djado Plateau in the northeast, the Tibesti Mountains in the east, and...
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    Assodé was a town in the Aïr Mountains in what is now northern Niger. Founded around the eleventh century, it was long the most important Tuareg town...
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  • Kel Ayr (redirect from Kel Air)
    Ayr (also spelled Kel Aïr) was a semi-nomadic Tuareg tribal confederation. It ruled an area centered on the Aïr Mountains (Aïr Massif) in what is today...
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    neolithic petroglyphs by unknown artists on the western side of the Aïr Mountains in north-central Niger. The carvings are 6 metres (20 ft) in height...
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  • scholars producing a clearer definition. The Missions Berliet to the Aïr Mountains (Aïr Massif) in northern Niger produced the clearest definition prior to...
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    northern Niger during the 1990s. He was born in the Tiden valley in the Aïr Mountains (nearby Agadez city) in 1949. He died in a plane crash in 1995, causing...
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    revolt, a rebellion against French colonial rule of the area around the Aïr Mountains of northern Niger, during 1916–17. After the defeat of the revolt, Kaocen...
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