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
Tanout Department location in the region
Country Niger
RegionZinder Region
Area
 • Total4,222 sq mi (10,935 km2)
Population
 (2012)[1]
 • Total429,150
 • Density100/sq mi (39/km2)
Time zoneUTC+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

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Tanout Department is divided into six municipalities, listed with population as of 2012 census:[1]

Notes

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  1. ^ a b "Annuaire Statistique du Niger 2006 - 2010: Population" (PDF). Institut National de la Statistique du Niger. 2011. pp. 61–70, page 69.
  2. ^ Arrondissement de Tânout (Approved) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  3. ^ "Niger: Municipal Division (Departments and Communes) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
  4. ^ "Annuaires_Statistiques" (PDF). Institut National de la Statistique. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
  5. ^ "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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