Filingué

Filingué
Town
Scene in the town's centre
Filingué
Coordinates: 14°21′0″N 3°19′0″E / 14.35000°N 3.31667°E / 14.35000; 3.31667
Country	Niger
Region	Tillabéri Region
Department	Filingué Department
Area
• Town	4,420 km2 (1,710 sq mi)
Elevation	225 m (738 ft)
Population  (2012 Institut National de la Statistique du Niger)
• Town	92,097
• Urban	12,590
	Ethnic breakdown: 70% Fulani, 10% Djerma, 10% Tuareg, 5% Hausa, 5% originating from neighbouring countries.

Filingué is a town in southwestern Niger and is the capital city of Filingué Department and Kourfeye¹. It is situated on the eastern bank of the Dallol Bosso valley, some 183 km northeast of Niger's capital city Niamey.

Abdourahamane Tchiani, a president of Niger, hails from Filingué.²

As pools of stagnant water remain in this valley in the dry season there's a lot of mudbrick making.

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  Scene at the bus station
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  Preparing meat skewers
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  Brick making on the outskirts of town