Tanout Department
Tanout is a department of the Zinder Region in Niger. Its administrative seat is the city of Tanout. As of 2011, the department had a total population of 475,125 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 2011 census:
- Gangara 120,585
- Falanko 4,561
- Ollelewa 105,167
- Tanout 134,074
- Tarka 89,533
- Tenhia 21,205
