Kollo is a large town and urban
commune in southwestern
Niger, where NGOs work, as well as, missionaries and Peace Corps volunteers. It lies in the
Kollo Department of the
Tillabéri Region.
Transport
Currently, Kollo can be accessed by its main road.
There are bush taxis available as well as urban buses from Niamey. City taxies generally do not go to Kollo. They will stop in
Libore unless you pay a little more. It is proposed to be served by a station on a future railway network.
Sister city
*
Enid,
Oklahoma
Oklahoma (; Choctaw language, Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the nor ...
, United States, was declared as Kollo's sister city on August 1, 2010.
["5.2 Presentation about Sister Cities International, Enid Program", ]
Council – 4-5-11 – City of Enid
'', April 5, 2011["Kollo Clinic," ]
Emmanuel Life
'', November 28, 2010.
See also
*
Railway stations in Niger
There is currently one railway in Niger, built between 2014 and 2016 between Niamey and Dosso by the French Bolloré conglomerate. The objective was to connect Niamey to the rail network in Benin and thus to the coast. But competing com ...
References
Populated places in Niger
Communes of Tillabéri Region
{{Niger-geo-stub