Tahoua is a town which is situated in the Southern Niger. The town of
Tahoua is a major trading place in Niger. The position of Tahoua is that it is situated on the border between a cultivated zone and a drier rustic land. The town of Tahoua is a noteworthy intersection on the road among Niamey, which is the national capital of the country of Niger and Agadez.
In the 1970s and 1980s, when there was he Sahel drought, Tahoua functioned as the place for the drought struck refugees. The town of Tahoua is mainly a community of the farmers. The town is visited by the rustic
nomads of Fulani and Tuareg.
Tahoua is also the administrative center of the Department of Tahoua. According to the census of the year 2004, the population of Tahoua was calculated to be 99,900. In the town of Tahoua, gypsum and phosphate are mined. There is also a teacher's training school at Tahoua. The department of Tahoua of which Tahoua is the capital covers an area of 160,677 square kilometers.
The foreign borders of Tahoua are as follows:
- In the south is the Sokoto Statae, Nigeria
- In the far northwest is the Kidal Region, Mali
- In the northwest is the Gao Region, Mali
