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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)

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[edit]

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

Notes[edit]

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