Tillabéri
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Tillabéri (var. Tillabéry) is a town in the extreme west of Niger. It is situated northwest of the capital Niamey on the River Niger. It is an important market town and administrative center, being the capital of department of Tillabéri and Tillabéri Region. The town had a population of 47,678 at the 2012 census.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Tillabéri
- Settlement.other_name
- Tillabéry
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Niger, Tillabéri, 2008 19.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Tillabéri in 2008
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Niger
- Settlement.pushpin_relief
- 1
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- top
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Niger
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Tillabéri Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Department
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Tillabéri Department
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 729.2
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2012
- Settlement.population_total
- 47,678
- Settlement.population_urban
- 22,774
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Niger
- Official name
- Tillabéri
- Country
- Niger
- Located in
- Tillabéri Department
- Continent
- Africa
- Population
- 5270
- Elevation
- 215
- Time zone
- West Africa Time
- Body of water
- Niger River
- Capital of
- Tillabéri Department
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- Thale
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Tillabéri (var. Tillabéry) is a town in the extreme west of Niger. It is situated northwest of the capital Niamey on the River Niger. It is an important market town and administrative center, being the capital of department of Tillabéri and Tillabéri Region. The town had a population of 47,678 at the 2012 census.
==Climate== Tillabéri has a hot arid climate (Köppen climate classification BWh), despite receiving around of rainfall per year, due to the extreme and persistent heat and consequent extreme potential evapotranspiration. Every month averages over maximum temperature. Only August at the height of the wet season with its elevated and oppressive humidity, alongside December and January in the middle of the long dry season, average maxima under . In terms of high temperature, even mornings are uncomfortable except during December and January, when the strong dusty harmattan wind prevails.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tillabéri” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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