Tanout Department Explained

Tanout
Settlement Type:	Department
Mapsize:	300px
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	Niger
Subdivision Type1:	Region
Subdivision Name1:	Zinder Region
Unit Pref:	Imperial
Area Total Km2:	10,935
Population As Of:	2012
Population Footnotes:	^[1]
Population Total:	429,150
Population Density Km2:	auto
Timezone:	GMT 1
Utc Offset:	+1

Tanout is a department of the Zinder Region in Niger.^[2] Its administrative seat is the city of Tanout. As of 2012, the department had a total population of 429,150 people.^{[3] [4]}

On 15 April 2010, the Council of Ministers announced that Amadou Seybou Dioffo, a retired Captain from the Niger Armed Forces, had been appointed prefect of the department.^[5]

Municipalities

Tanout Department is divided into six municipalities, listed with population as of 2012 census:

• Gangara 112,967
• Falanko 13,993
• Ollelewa 116,895
• Tanout 154,238
• Tenhia 31,057

Notes

14.75°N 28°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Annuaire Statistique du Niger 2006 - 2010: Population. 2011. Institut National de la Statistique du Niger. 61 - 70, page 69.
2. , United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
3. Web site: Niger: Municipal Division (Departments and Communes) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map . 2024-02-21 . www.citypopulation.de.
4. Web site: Annuaires_Statistiques. Institut National de la Statistique. 2 May 2013.
5. Web site: Conseil des ministres du Niger du 15 avril 2010. 16 April 2010. Temoust. https://web.archive.org/web/20100419114609/http://www.temoust.org/conseil-des-ministres-du-niger-du,14333. 19 April 2010. dead.