Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Filingué
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- File:Niger, Filingué (14), street scene.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Scene in the town's centre
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Niger
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Tillabéri Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Department
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Filingué Department
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 4,420
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2012 Institut National de la Statistique du Niger
- Settlement.population_note
- Ethnic breakdown: 70% Fulani, 10% Djerma, 10% Tuareg, 5% Hausa, 5% originating from neighbouring countries.
- Settlement.population_total
- 92,097
- Settlement.population_urban
- 12,590
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 225
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Niger
- Country
- Niger
- Located in
- Filingué Department
- Continent
- Africa
- Population
- 6311
- Area
- 14838
- Elevation
- 225
- Time zone
- West Africa Time
- Body of water
- Dallol Bosso
- Capital of
- Filingué Department
- Image
- Niger, Filingué (10), street scene.jpg
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Filingué is a town in southwestern Niger and is the capital city of Filingué Department and Kourfeye. It is situated on the eastern bank of the Dallol Bosso valley, some 183 km northeast of Niger's capital city Niamey.
Famous people include Abdourahamane Tchiani, the President of Niger
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Filingué” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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