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]
Tanout | |
|---|---|
 Tanout Department location in the region | |
| Country |  Niger |
| Region | Zinder Region |
| Area | |
• Total | 4,222 sq mi (10,935 km2) |
| Population (2012)[1] | |
• Total | 429,150 |
| • Density | 100/sq mi (39/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (GMT 1) |
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
editTanout Department is divided into six municipalities, listed with population as of 2012 census:[1]
Notes
edit- ^ a b "Annuaire Statistique du Niger 2006 - 2010: Population" (PDF). Institut National de la Statistique du Niger. 2011. pp. 61–70, page 69.
- ^ Arrondissement de Tânout (Approved) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- ^ "Niger: Municipal Division (Departments and Communes) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
- ^ "Annuaires_Statistiques" (PDF). Institut National de la Statistique. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
- ^ "Conseil des ministres du Niger du 15 avril 2010". Temoust. 16 April 2010. Archived from the original on 19 April 2010.
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