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Bilma

Bilma is an oasis town in the Kaouar region of north-eastern Niger, in the Sahara. Its salt works have for centuries produced salt and dates carried south by great Tuareg camel caravans, the azalai, to the Hausa lands. The oasis lay on the route between the Lake Chad region and Libya.

Bilma
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Mentioned in 2 profiles

Kanem-Bornu EmpireSocioeconomyHausa kingdomsSocioeconomy

Mentioned in 2 state histories

Sultanate of AgadezKel Ewey

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Bilma. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/bilma
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