Tahoua
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Children sit under the monument to the Festival of Tahoua
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| Country |  Niger |
| Region | Tahoua Region |
| Department | Tahoua Department |
| Communes | Tahoua Communes I-III (Urban) |
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| • 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).
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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
Notes
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Tahoua, Niger Page. Falling Rain Genomics, Inc. 1996–2004
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