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Birni N'Gaouré (or Birnin Gaouré) is a town located in the
Dosso Region Dosso is one of the seven regions of Niger. The region has an area of , with a population of 2,754,500 as of 2020. History The region of Dosso is the historic centre of the Dosso Kingdom, which had its capital at Dosso. Today the palace of t ...
in southwest
Niger Niger, officially the Republic of the Niger, is a landlocked country in West Africa. It is a unitary state Geography of Niger#Political geography, bordered by Libya to the Libya–Niger border, north-east, Chad to the Chad–Niger border, east ...
. A town of over ten thousand, it is the departmental seat of
Boboye Department Boboye is a department of the Dosso Region in Niger. Its capital lies at the city of Birni N'Gaouré. As of 2012, the department had a total population of 252,597 people. Communes * Birni N'Gaouré * Fabidji * Fakara * Harikanassou * Kank ...
, and is the main town of the fertile farming region in which it is located. "Birni", in the name of the town, derives from the
Hausa language Hausa (; / ; Hausa Ajami, Ajami: ) is a Chadic language spoken primarily by the Hausa people in the northern parts of Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon, Benin and Togo, and the southern parts of Niger, and Chad, with significant minorities in Ivory Coas ...
word for a walled city. The town has a
station Station may refer to: Agriculture * Station (Australian agriculture), a large Australian landholding used for livestock production * Station (New Zealand agriculture), a large New Zealand farm used for grazing by sheep and cattle ** Cattle statio ...
on the Niamey - Dosso railway line. Built between 2014 and 2016 the objective of this line was to connect Niger to the rail network in
Benin Benin, officially the Republic of Benin, is a country in West Africa. It was formerly known as Dahomey. It is bordered by Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east, Burkina Faso to the north-west, and Niger to the north-east. The majority of its po ...
and thus to the coast. But the connection to Benin never materialized. The rail now ends in Dosso and no train has ever stopped at the Birni N'Gaouré station.


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Communes of Niger Dosso Region {{Niger-geo-stub