Tillabéri

Tillabéri (var. Tillabéry) is a town in northwest Niger. It is situated 120 km northwest of the capital Niamey on the River Niger.^[1] It is an important market town and administrative center, it is capital of the department of Tillabéri and Tillabéri Region. The town had a population of over 16000 at the 2001 census. ^[2] The area was home to giraffe herds until the 1980s.

References

• Decalo, Samuel (1997). Historical Dictionary of the Niger (3rd ed.). Boston & Folkestone: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0810831368. 
• Geels, Jolijn (2006). Niger. Chalfont St Peter, Bucks / Guilford, CT: Bradt UK / Globe Pequot Press. ISBN 9781841621524.