Bilma

Bilma is an oasis town and commune in north east 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.
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  • City with 6,480 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 356 metres (1,168 feet)
  • …is also known as “Bilina”
  • Description: urban commune in Niger

Bilma

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Latitude
18.69293° or 18° 41′ 35″ north
Longitude
12.91872° or 12° 55′ 7″ east
Open location code
7FCJMWV9+5F
Open­Street­Map ID
node 419495618
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
2446796
Wiki­data ID
Q863321

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Bilma” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بيلما”
  • Arabic: “فور درومار” (historical)
  • Belarusian: “Більма”
  • Bulgarian: “Билма”
  • Catalan: “Bilma”
  • Catalan: “Togeï”
  • Cebuano: “Bilma”
  • Chinese: “比尔马”
  • Chinese: “比爾馬”
  • Croatian: “Bilma”
  • Czech: “Bilma”
  • Dutch: “Bilma”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بيلما”
  • Esperanto: “Bilma”
  • Finnish: “Bilma”
  • Finnish: “Fort Dromard”
  • French: “Bilma”
  • German: “Bilma”
  • Greek: “Μπιλμά”
  • Greek: “Μπίλμα”
  • Hausa: “Bilma”
  • Italian: “Bilma”
  • Japanese: “ビルマ”
  • Korean: “빌마”
  • Lithuanian: “Bilma”
  • Luxembourgish: “Bilma”
  • Malay: “Bilma”
  • Persian: “بیلما”
  • Polish: “Bilma”
  • Portuguese: “Bilma”
  • Romanian: “Bilma, niger”
  • Romanian: “Bilma, Niger”
  • Romanian: “Bilma”
  • Russian: “Бильма”
  • Spanish: “Bilma”
  • Swedish: “Bilma”
  • Turkish: “Bilma”
  • Ukrainian: “Білма”
  • Urdu: “بیلما”
  • Vietnamese: “Bilma”

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