Tahoua (Niger : Region)

LC control no.	n 90619484
Descriptive conventions	rda
Geographic heading	Tahoua (Niger : Region) *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Geographic subdivision usage	Niger--Tahoua (Region)
Variant(s)	Tahoua (Niger : Department) Tahoua, Région de (Niger) Tahoua (Niger : Dept.)
Special note	Niger's regions were called departments until its devolution program 1999-2006; the current departments were formerly called arrondissements.
Found in	BGN gaz. Niger, 1966 (Tahoua, Département de, admd, 16°00ʹN 5°30ʹE) LC data base 03-22-90 (hdg.: Tahoua, Niger (Dépt.)) Joyaux touristiques de l'Ader, 2017: page 9 (Tahoua, situated in the heart of the country, is limited on the north by the region of Agadez, on the east by the regions of Maradi, on the south by Nigeria, and on the west by Dosso, Tillabéry and the Republic of Mali; it includes 12 departments: Abalak, Bagaroua, Birni N'Konni, Bouza, Illéla, Keita, Madaoua, Malbaza, Tahoua, Tassara, Tchintabaraden, and Tillia) page 21 (la Région de Tahoua; included 8 departments until 2011; today, it includes 12, with the arrival of Bagaroua, Malbaza, Tassara and Tilia) GeoNames, November 22, 2022 (Tahoua, first-order administrative division, N 16°00'00" E 5°30'00"; also entries for Tahoua, Département de Tahoua (second-order administrative division), Tahoua (seat of first-order administrative division), and Ville de Tahoua (second-order administrative division [error?]))
Geographic area code	f-ng---