Koure
Koure is a town in Southwestern Niger, known for its location near West Africa's last herd of giraffes.- Type: Village with 46,200 residents
- Description: rural commune in Niger
- Also known as: “Kour”, “Kouré”, “Kouré, Niger”, and “Kure”
Koure
- Categories: municipality of Niger and locality
- Location: Tillabéri Region, Southwestern Niger, Niger, Sahel, Africa
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Latitude
13.3109° or 13° 18′ 39″ north
Longitude
2.5756° or 2° 34′ 32″ east
Population
46,200
Elevation
231 metres (758 feet)
Open location code
7F548H6G+97
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Ukrainian—“Koure” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “কৌরে”
- Chinese: “库雷”
- Chinese: “庫雷”
- Dutch: “Kouré”
- French: “Kouré”
- German: “Kouré”
- Hausa: “Kouré”
- Indonesian: “Kouré, Niger”
- Indonesian: “Kouré”
- Italian: “Kouré”
- Malay: “Kouré, Niger”
- Malay: “Kouré”
- Portuguese: “Koure”
- Romanian: “Kouré”
- Russian: “Куре”
- Spanish: “Kouré”
- Turkish: “Kouré”
- Ukrainian: “Куре”
- “Kouré”
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