Tanout Department

Tanout
Tanout Department location in the region
Country Niger
RegionZinder Region
Area
  Total
4,222 sq mi (10,935 km2)
Population
 (2012)
  Total
429,150
  Density100/sq mi (39/km2)
Time zoneUTC+1 (GMT 1)

Tanout is a department of the Zinder Region in Niger. Its administrative seat is the city of Tanout. As of 2012, the department had a total population of 429,150 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.