Dosso (department)

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Dosso
Capital Dosso
Population 1,479,095 inhabitants
Census 2001
Area 31,002 km²
Density /km²
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Dosso is an administrative département (circa province, as in France) of the post-colonial republic of Niger; see its eponymous capital Dosso for history.

The department has an area of 31,002 km2. Its population was 693,207 in the census of 1977; by 1988 it had increased to 1,018,895, and by 2001 it had reached 1,479,095.

Arrondissements of Dosso
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Arrondissements of Dosso

Dosso is divided into 5 arrondissements:

See also:


 
Departments of Niger
Agadez | Diffa | Dosso | Maradi | Niamey | Tahoua | Tillabéri | Zinder