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Tahoua

Tahoua
Children sit under the monument to the Festival of Tahoua
Children sit under the monument to the Festival of Tahoua
Tahoua is located in Niger
Tahoua
Tahoua
Location in Niger
Coordinates: 14°53′N 5°16′E / 14.883°N 5.267°E / 14.883; 5.267Coordinates: 14°53′N 5°16′E / 14.883°N 5.267°E / 14.883; 5.267
Country  Niger
Region Tahoua Region
Department Tahoua Department
Communes Tahoua Communes I-III (Urban)
Government
 • Type Commune
 • Mayor Commune I Abala Elhadj Sofo
Elevation 380 m (1,250 ft)
Population (2012)
 • Total 123,000

Tahoua is a city in Niger and the administrative centre of the Department of Tahoua and the larger Tahoua Region. It has a population of 99,900 (2004).

The city is primarily a market town for the surrounding agricultural area. It serves as an entrepot for Tuareg merchants from the north and Fulani traders from the south. Phosphates and gypsum are mined there as well.

It is divided into a pair urban municipalities: Tahoua I and Tahoua II.

Tahoua is served by the Tahoua Airport.

 Angola, Luanda


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