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Air and Ténéré Natural Reserve

Aïr and Ténéré Natural Reserve is in . Made up of the eastern half of the Aïr Mountains and the western sections of the Ténéré desert, it's Africa's largest protected area and UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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  • Type: Protected area
  • Description: nature reserve in Niger
  • Also known as: “Aïr and Ténéré National Nature Reserve”

Air and Ténéré Natural Reserve

Latitude
18.9599° or 18° 57′ 36″ north
Longitude
9.5062° or 9° 30′ 23″ east
Open location code
7FCFXG54+WF
Open­Street­Map ID
way 39226060
Wiki­data ID
Q794643
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Air and Ténéré Natural Reserve” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “المحمية الطبيعية الوطنية آير وتينيري”
  • Arabic: “محميتا الأيير والتينيري الطبيعيتين”
  • Azerbaijani: “Air və Tenere milli təbiət qoruğu”
  • Catalan: “Reserves naturals de l’Aïr i del Ténéré”
  • Cebuano: “Air and Tenere National Nature Reserve”
  • Chinese: “阿德尔和泰内雷自然保护区”
  • Czech: “Aïr”
  • Czech: “Přírodní rezervace Aïr”
  • Dagbani: “Aïr and Ténéré National Nature Reserve”
  • Danish: “Aïr og Ténéré naturreservat”
  • Dutch: “Natuurreservaat Aïr en Ténéré”
  • Dutch: “Natuurreservaten Aïr en Ténéré”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “المحميه الطبيعيه الوطنيه اير وتينيرى”
  • Esperanto: “Naturprotektejo Aïr kaj Ténéré”
  • Fanti: “Aïr na Ténéré Ɔman Ɔdomankoma abɔdze Korabea”
  • Farefare: “Aïr and Ténéré National Nature Reserve”
  • Finnish: “Aïrin ja Ténérén luonnonsuojelualue”
  • French: “Réserve naturelle de l’Aïr et du Ténéré”
  • French: “réserves naturelles de l’Aïr et du Ténéré”
  • French: “Réserves naturelles de l’Aïr et du Ténéré”
  • Galician: “Reservas naturais de Aïr e de Teneré”
  • German: “Naturschutzgebiet Aïr und Ténéré”
  • Hausa: “Aïr and Ténéré National Nature Reserve”
  • Hausa: “Cibiyar Ajiya ta Aïr da Ténéré”
  • Indonesian: “Cagar Alam Nasional Aïr dan Ténéré”
  • Italian: “riserva naturale Aïr-Ténéré”
  • Italian: “Riserva naturale Aïr-Ténéré”
  • Japanese: “アイル・テネレ自然保護区”
  • Kotava: “Tuwavaxo ke Aïr is Ténéré”
  • Maltese: “Riżervi Naturali ta‘ Air u ta’ Ténéré”
  • Maltese: “Riżervi Naturali ta’ Air u ta’ Ténéré”
  • Mossi: “Aïr and Ténéré National Nature Reserve”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Aïr og Ténéré naturreservat”
  • Norwegian: “Aïr og Ténéré naturreservat”
  • Persian: “ذخیره‌گاه طبیعی ایر و تنره”
  • Portuguese: “Reserva Natural de Aïr e Ténéré”
  • Russian: “Аир и Тенере”
  • Russian: “Заповедник Аир и Тенере”
  • Russian: “Национальный резерват Аир и Тенере”
  • Spanish: “Reservas naturales del Air y el Tenere”
  • Spanish: “Reservas naturales del Air y el Teneré”
  • Swahili: “Hifadhi ya Taifa ya Mazingira ya Aïr na Ténéré”
  • Swedish: “Ténéré naturreservat”
  • Tatar: “Аир һәм Тенере милли табигать тыюлыгы”
  • Turkish: “Aïr ve Ténéré Ulusal Doğa Koruma Alanı”
  • Twi: “Aïr ne Ténéré Ɔman Abɔde a Wɔkora So”
  • Vietnamese: “Khu bảo tồn thiên nhiên quốc gia Aïr và Ténéré”
  • “Aïr and Ténéré National Nature Reserve”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Air and Ténéré Natural Reserve”. Photo: Jacques Taberlet, CC BY 3.0.