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Tanout Department

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Country
  
Niger

Time zone
  
GMT 1 (UTC+1)

Population
  
475,125 (2011)

Region
  
Zinder Region

Local time
  
Sunday 5:09 PM

Tanout Department

Weather
  
37°C, Wind NE at 24 km/h, 7% Humidity

Tanout is a department of the Zinder Region in Niger. Its administrative seat is the city of Tanout. As of 2011, the department had a total population of 475,125 people.

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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.

Municipalities

Tanout Department is divided into six municipalities, listed with population as of 2011 census:

  • Gangara 120,585
  • Falanko 4,561
  • Ollelewa 105,167
  • Tanout 134,074
  • Tarka 89,533
  • Tenhia 21,205
  • References

    Tanout Department Wikipedia