Tahoua is one of eight

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. The capital of the region is the commune of

Tahoua Tahoua is a city in Niger and the administrative centre of the Department of Tahoua and the larger Tahoua Region.Ta ...

. The region covers 106,677 km².

Geography

Tahoua borders Agadez Region to the northeast, Maradi Region to the southeast,

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's Sokoto State to the south, and

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( Gao and Kidal regions), Dosso Region and Tillabéri Region to the west. Much of the region lies with the

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, merging into the

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desert in the north.

Settlements

Tahoua Tahoua is a city in Niger and the administrative centre of the Department of Tahoua and the larger Tahoua Region.Ta ...

is the regional capital; other major settlements include Abalak,

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Birni-N'Konni Birni-N'Konni (also Birnin-Konni or shortened to Konni/Bkonni) is a town in the Tahoua Region of Niger, lying immediately north of the border of Nigeria and west of seasonal Maggia River. It is an important market town and transport hub and ...

Bouza Bouza is a town in southwestern Niger. A town of eight thousand, it is the administrative center of Bouza Department, part of Tahoua Region. Culture and situation Bouza Department is in a largely Hausa-speaking area, which has become in the la ...

, Illela, Keita,

Madaoua Madaoua (var. Madoua, Madawa) is a town located in the Tahoua Region of Niger. It has a population of 22,175 (2001 census). It is seat of the Madaoua Department Madaoua is a department of the Tahoua Region in Niger. Its capital lies at the c ...

and Tchintabaraden.

Administrative subdivisions

Tahoua is divided into 12 Departments: *

Abalak Department Abalak is a department of the Tahoua Region in Niger. Its capital is the city of Abalak Abalak (or Abalagh) (in tamajeq ⴰⴱⴰⵍⴰⵗ) is a town located in the Tahoua Region, Abalak Department of northern Niger. It is both a town and Com ...

* Bagaroua Department * Bkonni Department * Bouza Department * Illela Department * Keita Department *

Madaoua Department Madaoua is a department of the Tahoua Region in Niger. Its capital lies at the city of Madaoua Madaoua (var. Madoua, Madawa) is a town located in the Tahoua Region of Niger ) , official_languages = , languages_type = Nati ...

* Malbaza Department * Tahoua Department * Tchintabaraden Department * Tellia Department * Tesarawa Department

Demographics

As of 2011 the population of Tahoua Region was 2,741,922. The main ethnolinguistic groups are the Fulani, Hausa and Tuareg.

References

http://www.stat-niger.org/statistique/file/Affiches_Depliants/Nigerenchiffres2014def.pdf *Portions of this article were translated from the French language Wikipedia article :fr:Tahoua (région). {{Authority control Regions of Niger Tuareg

Geography

Settlements

Administrative subdivisions

Demographics

See also

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