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]
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, and a meeting place for the Tuareg people from the north and the Fulani people 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 Airport is in the city.

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.