Tahoua

Tahoua
Children sit under the monument to the Festival of Tahoua
Tahoua Location in Niger
Coordinates: 14°53′N 5°16′E / 14.883°N 5.267°ECoordinates: 14°53′N 5°16′E / 14.883°N 5.267°E
Country	Niger
Region	Tahoua Region
Department	Tahoua Department
Communes	Tahoua Communes I-III (Urban)
Government
• Type	Commune
• Mayor Commune I	Abala Elhadj Sofo[1]
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.^[2] It has a population of 99,900 (2004).

Overview

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.

Transport

Tahoua is served by the Tahoua Airport.

Twin towns

 Angola, Luanda

Notes

1. Inauguration de l'Institut Universitaire de Technologie (IUT) de Tahoua • Une nouvelle dynamique dans le secteur de l'enseignement supérieur. Le Sahel, Moutari Souley Onep, Tahoua/Agadez. 3 November 2008.
2. Tahoua, Niger Page. Falling Rain Genomics, Inc. 1996–2004

References

• Decalo, Samuel (1997). Historical Dictionary of the Niger (3rd ed.). Boston & Folkestone: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-3136-8.
• Geels, Jolijn (2006). Niger. Chalfont St Peter, Bucks / Guilford, Connecticut: Bradt UK / Globe Pequot Press. ISBN 978-1-84162-152-4.