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Tanout Department

Coordinates: 14°45′N 8°20′E / 14.750°N 8.333°E / 14.750; 8.333
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Tanout
Tanout Department location in the region
Tanout Department location in the region
Country Niger
RegionZinder Region
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total
475,125
Time zoneUTC+1 (GMT 1)

Tanout is a department of the Zinder Region in Niger.[2] Its administrative seat is the city of Tanout. As of 2011, the department had a total population of 475,125 people.[3]

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.[4]

Municipalities

Tanout Department is divided into six municipalities, listed with population as of 2011 census:[1]

Notes

  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. ^ "Annuaires_Statistiques" (PDF). Institut National de la Statistique. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
  4. ^ "Conseil des ministres du Niger du 15 avril 2010". Temoust. 16 April 2010. Archived from the original on 19 April 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

14°45′N 8°20′E / 14.750°N 8.333°E / 14.750; 8.333