Official Name: | Filingué |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | Niger |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Niger |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Tillabéri Region |
Subdivision Type2: | Department |
Subdivision Name2: | Filingué Department |
Area Total Km2: | 4,420 |
Population As Of: | 2012 Institut National de la Statistique du Niger |
Population Note: | Ethnic breakdown: 70% Fulani, 10% Djerma, 10% Tuareg, 5% Hausa, 5% originating from neighbouring countries. |
Population Total: | 92,097 |
Population Urban: | 12,590 |
Coordinates: | 14.35°N 3.3167°W |
Elevation M: | 225 |
Filingué is a town in southwestern Niger and is the capital city of Filingué Department. It is situated on the eastern bank of the Dallol Bosso valley, some 180 km northeast of Niger's capital city Niamey.
As pools of stagnant water remain in this valley in the dry season there's a lot of mudbrick making.