Tanout Department

Tanout
Department
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)

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:^[1]

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

Notes

^ ^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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