Administration and Economy
Bilma is the administrative seat of the Bilma Department, covering some 260,000 square miles (670,000 km2) of north eastern Niger. While it continues to produce salt in large natron salt pans, and this salt is still sold for livestock use throughout west Africa, tourism (based out of Agadez and the Aïr Mountains some 350 miles (560 km) to the east) is of growing importance.
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