Tibiri is a department of the

Dosso Region Dosso is one of the seven regions of Niger. The region has an area of , with a population of 2,754,500 as of 2020. History The region of Dosso is the historic centre of the Dosso Kingdom, which had its capital at Dosso. Today the palace of t ...

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. The department is located in the south-west of the country and borders

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. Its administrative seat is the city of

Tibiri (Doutchi) Tibiri (Doutchi) is a village and rural commune in the Tibiri Department of the Dosso Region of Niger Niger, officially the Republic of the Niger, is a landlocked country in West Africa. It is a unitary state Geography of Niger#Political ge ...

. As of 2012, the department had a total population of 109,615 people.

History

The department goes back to the administrative post (poste administratif) of Tibiri, which was established in 1988. In 2011, the administrative post was separated from the department of

Dogondoutchi Dongondoutchi ("High Hill", also nicknamed Doutchi) is a commune in Niger. It is located about 300 km east of the capital Niamey and 40 km from the Nigerian border. It lies on national route 1 which links the capital to the towns of ...

and elevated to the department of Tibiri.

Municipalities

Tibiri Department is divided into four municipalities, listed with population as of 2012 census: * Douméga (29,429) * Guéchémé (108,778) * Koré Maïroua (54,251) *

Tibiri Tibiri is a town and urban commune in Niger. As of 2012, it had a population of 125,806. It is the seat of the Sultan of Gobir. Geography Tibiri is located in the greater Sudan region and borders the neighboring state of Nigeria to the south ...

(77,558)

Notes

Departments of Niger Dosso Region {{Niger-geo-stub