Akouta uranium mine

Akouta uranium mine is a quarry in Agadez, Niger. Akouta uranium mine is situated nearby to the town Akokan.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Akokan.

Akokan

Town

Akokan is a mining town in the Arlit Department of the Agadez Region of northern-central Niger. It is located about 5 kilometres southwest of Arlit in the Sahara Desert, and roughly 250 kilometres north of Agadez. Akokan is situated 6 km northeast of Akouta uranium mine.

Akouta uranium mine

Type: Quarry
Category: industry
Location: Agadez, Niger, Sahel, Africa
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Latitude

18.67356° or 18° 40′ 25″ north

Longitude

7.30088° or 7° 18′ 3″ east

Inception

1967

Operator

Cominak

Open location code

7FC9M8F2+C9

OpenStreetMap ID

way 210862328

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=quarry

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