Tahoua Department

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Tahoua is a department in the same region of Tahoua in Niger.

Geography

The Department is located in the west of the country. It consists of the town of Tahoua and the rural communities Affala, Bambeye, Barmou, Kalfou, Takanamat and Tébaram. The eponymous capital of the department is Tahoua.

History

After independence in 1960, Niger's territory into 32 districts ( circonscriptions ) was divided. One of them was the District Tahoua. 1964 was divided into seven administrative reform Niger departments, the predecessor of the later regions, and 32 arrondissements, the predecessor of the later departments. As part of the District Tahoua was converted to the arrondissement of Tahoua. In 1998, the former arrondissements of Niger were raised to departments, each headed by an appointed Council of Ministers is prefect. The structure of the department in communities exists since the year 2002. Previously, it consisted of the urban center Tahoua Tahoua and the cantons, Bambey and Kalfou. The 2013 appointed Prefect of Tahoua is Abbas Baoua.

Population

The Department of Tahoua has according to the Census 2012 581.586 inhabitants, of which 147 291 in the town of Tahoua. At the 2001 census, there were 359 994 inhabitants in the census 1988 239 048 inhabitants in the census in 1977 and 166,330 inhabitants.