Kokorou
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Kokorou or Kokoro is a town and rural commune in the Téra Department of western Niger. As of 2012, it had a population of 96,218, living in rural towns and villages.
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- Instance of
- municipality of Niger
- Country
- Niger
- Located in
- Téra Department
- Continent
- Africa
- Population
- 96218
- Elevation
- 451
- Time zone
- West Africa Time
- Body of water
- Niger River
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Kokorou or Kokoro is a town and rural commune in the Téra Department of western Niger. As of 2012, it had a population of 96,218, living in rural towns and villages.
It gives its name to the nearby Kokoro and Namga Wetlands, which was designated a Ramsar site in 2001. Covering 668 km2, the wetland hosts migratory birdlife and is important to the local ecology.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kokorou” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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