Chirfa
in Agadez, Niger

Location Summary
Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
20.957 and 12.340 (Lat./Lng.)
Coordinates by Time:
N 20° 57' 23" and E 12° 20' 24"
Currency and Currency Code:
Franc - XOF
Spoken languages:
French, Hausa, Kanuri
Local electricity:
230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
Local Time: 07:08 AM (Friday)
Timezone: Africa/Niamey
UTC/GMT offset: 1 hours
Sunrise and Sunset:
6:21 am and 5:29 pm
Antipode Coordinates:
-19.101 and -169.815 (Lat./Lng.)
Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Vahavaha
References
This place on Geonames.org
Current travel safety evaluation for Niger in Western Africa

Safety Score: 4,7 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning it is not safe to travel Niger.

Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning Niger. Last Update: 2024-08-13 08:21:03

Touring Chirfa

Chirfa in Agadez is a town located in Niger about 848 mi (or 1,365 km) north-east of Niamey, the country's capital place.

Time in Chirfa is now 07:08 AM (Friday). The local timezone is named Africa / Niamey with an UTC offset of one hour. Unfortunatly there are no larger airports in the vicinity of this location. The sidebar provides some ideas about how to get here.

Being here already, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Bilma, Ghat, , and . To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.

Attractions and noteworthy things

Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.

Djado Plateau

The Djado Plateau lies in the Sahara, in northeastern Niger. It is known for its cave art (often of large mammals long since absent from the area), but is now largely uninhabited, with abandoned towns and forts still standing and visible.

Located at 20.983, 12.333 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Plateaus of Africa, Cultural Sites on the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List, Landforms of Niger, Tuareg, Communes of Niger, Former populated places in Niger, Sahara

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This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
Chirfa Driga, Chirfa