Tahoua Region

Tahoua is one of eight Regions of Niger. The capital of the region is the commune of Tahoua. The region covers 106,677 km².

Geography

Tahoua borders Agadez Region to the northeast, Maradi Region to the southeast, Nigeria's Sokoto State to the south, and Mali (Gao and Kidal regions), Dosso Region and Tillabéri Region to the west. Much of the region lies with the Sahel, merging into the Sahara desert in the north.

Tahoua is the regional capital; other major settlements include Abalak, Bagaroua, Birni-N'Konni, Bouza, Illela, Keita, Madaoua and Tchintabaraden.^[3]

Departments of Tahoua

Tahoua is divided into 12 Departments:

As of 2011 the population of Tahoua Region was 2,741,922.^[4] The main ethnolinguistic groups are the Fulani, Hausa, Arabs and Tuareg.^[5]

Portions of this article were translated from the French language Wikipedia article fr:Tahoua (région).

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Regions and Departments of Niger
Capital: Niamey in Niamey Capital District
Agadez Region	Arlit Department Bilma Department Tchirozerine Department
Diffa Region	Diffa Department Mainé-Soroa Department N'guigmi Department
Dosso Region	Boboye Department Dogondoutchi Department Dosso Department Gaya Department Loga Department
Maradi Region	Aguie Department Dakoro Department Guidan Roumdji Department Madarounfa Department Mayahi Department Tessaoua Department
Tahoua Region	Abalak Department Birni-N'Konni Department Bouza Department Illela Department Keita Department Madaoua Department Tahoua Department Tchintabaraden Department
Tillabéri Region	Filingué Department Kollo Department Ouallam Department Say Department Téra Department Tillabéri Department
Zinder Region	Goure Department Magaria Department Matameye Department Mirriah Department Tanout Department

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