Tanout Department


Tanout is a department of the Zinder Region in Niger. 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
  • Falanko
  • Ollelewa
  • Tanout
  • Tenhia