La Tapoa

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Location of La Tapoa in Niger

La Tapoa (also: Tapoa ) is a village in the rural municipality of Tamou in Niger .

The village, led by a traditional chief (chef traditionnel) , is located around 40 kilometers southeast of Tamou, the capital of the rural community of the same name, which belongs to the Say department in the Tillabéri region. Directly south of the village flows the river Tapoa of the same name , which is dammed not far from the settlement by the Tapoa dam before continuing through narrow gorges.

At the 2012 census, La Tapoa had 126 people living in 33 households. At the 2001 census, the population was 176 in 18 households.

The entrance to the Nigerien part of the National Park W is in La Tapoa . There is a hotel in the village. The approximately 47 kilometer long road between La Tapoa and the town of Say in the northeast was opened on May 30, 1970. The civil airfield La Tapoa ( ICAO code : DRRP) with an approximately 1190 meter long, unpaved runway is located near the settlement .

  • Views of La Tapoa

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  • Rock formations

  • hotel

Web links

Commons : La Tapoa  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b National Repertoire des Localités (ReNaLoc). (RAR) Institut National de la Statistique de la République du Niger, July 2014, p. 499 , accessed on 7 August 2015 (French).
  2. ↑ Inventaire des petits barrages du Niger . Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), December 1996, p. 5–6 ( repository.uneca.org [PDF; accessed September 23, 2018]).
  3. ^ Y. Brunet-Moret, P. Chaperon, JP Lamagat, M. Molinier: Monographie hydrologique du fleuve Niger . Tome II: Cuvette Lacustre et Niger Moyen. Orstom, Paris 1986, ISBN 2-7099-0790-9 , pp. 261 ( hydrosciences.fr [PDF; accessed September 25, 2018]).
  4. ^ Répertoire National des Communes (RENACOM). (RAR file) (No longer available online.) Institut National de la Statistique, archived from the original on January 9, 2017 ; Retrieved November 8, 2010 (French). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.stat-niger.org
  5. ↑ Jolijn Geels: Niger . Bradt, Chalfont St Peter 2006, ISBN 1-84162-152-8 , p. 130 .
  6. ^ François Martin: Le Niger du Président Diori. Chronology 1960–1974 . L'Harmattan, Paris 1991, ISBN 2-7384-0952-0 , pp. 274 .
  7. ↑ Airports in Niger. In: Aircraft Charter World. Retrieved November 28, 2018 .

Coordinates: 12 ° 28 '  N , 2 ° 25'  E