Tanout is a town in southern

Niger ) , official_languages = , languages_type = National languagesZinder Region Zinder Region is one of the seven regions of Niger; the capital of the region is Zinder. The region covers 145,430 km². It is the most populous province of Niger. History Numerous Palaeolithic and Neolithic remains, as well as cave paintin ...

, Tanout Department, north of the city of

Zinder Zinder (locally, ''Damagaram''), formerly also spelled Sinder, is the third largest city in Niger, with a population of 170,574 (2001 census);

. It is the administrative capital of Tanout Department.

History

Since 1987, the Eden Foundation, an NGO aiming at providing trees for "direct seeding" to households in the surroundings, has been active in the town. In early 2008, Tanout was the subject of a raid by

Tuareg The Tuareg people (; also spelled Twareg or Touareg; endonym: ''Imuhaɣ/Imušaɣ/Imašeɣăn/Imajeɣăn'') are a large Berber ethnic group that principally inhabit the Sahara in a vast area stretching from far southwestern Libya to southern Alg ...

pro-autonomy rebels, in which 11 people, including the mayor, were abducted.

Transport

Tanout Airport serves the town.

References

Tuareg rebels abduct town's mayor
BBC, 2008. Zinder Region Communes of Niger {{Niger-geo-stub