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Template:Demographic info 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.
Dosso is divided into 5 arrondissements:
Dosso has the following foreign borders:
- Sokoto State, Nigeria - east
- Kebbi State, Nigeria - southeast
- Alibori Department, Benin - south
Domestically, it borders the following departments:
See also:
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