Birni N'Gaouré

Birni N'Gaouré
Commune and town
Birni N'Gaouré
Coordinates: 13°5′16″N 2°55′1″E / 13.08778°N 2.91694°E / 13.08778; 2.91694Coordinates: 13°5′16″N 2°55′1″E / 13.08778°N 2.91694°E / 13.08778; 2.91694
Country Niger
Dosso Region
Boboye Department
Birni N'Gaouré Commune
Elevation 175 m (577 ft)
Population (2011)[1]
  Total 54,622
Location of Birni N'Gaouré, Map of Regions of Niger in Niger

Birni N'Gaouré (or Birnin Gaouré) is a town located in the Dosso Region in southwest Niger. A town of over ten thousand, it is the departmental seat of Boboye Department, and is the main town of the fertile farming region in which it is located. "Birni", in the name of the town, derives from the Hausa language word for a walled city.

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