Tanout is a department of the Zinder Region in Niger., United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Its administrative seat is the city of Tanout. As of 2012, the department had a total population of 429,150 people.
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.
Municipalities Tanout Department is divided into six municipalities, listed with population as of 2012 census: Gangara (112,967) Falanko (13,993) Ollelewa (116,895) Tanout (154,238) Tenhia (31,057)
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