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'''Ayourou''' (or '''Ayorou''' or '''Ayerou''') is a town and rural commune in the Tillabéri Region, in western Niger.<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 2013 |title=CIRCONSCRIPTIONS ADMINISTRATIVES ET COLLECTIVITES TERRITORIALES DE LA REPUBLIQUE DU NIGER |url=http://www.interieur.gouv.ne/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Carte-administrative_du_Niger.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230530055652/http://www.interieur.gouv.ne/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Carte-administrative_du_Niger.pdf |archive-date=30 May 2023 |access-date=January 1, 2024 |website=Niger's Ministry of Interior, Public Safety and Decentralization}}</ref> It is situated 208&nbsp;km northwest of the capital Niamey near the Malian border. The old town stands on an eponymous island in the River Niger. It is known for its animal market and for wildlife including hippopotamuses and birds.

==History== {{Expand section|date=September 2025}} In August 2023, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs alerted that intercommunal clashes caused dozens of deaths in Ayourou and neighboring communities Dessa and Gorouol with tens of thousands of people from neighboring villages and hamlets migrating to the city.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-09-12 |title=OCHA Niger: Inter-communal conflicts in the Gorouol, Dessa and Ayorou communes - Monitoring of the conflict situation as of 31 August 2023 - Niger {{!}} ReliefWeb |url=https://reliefweb.int/report/niger/ocha-niger-inter-communal-conflicts-gorouol-dessa-and-ayorou-communes-monitoring-conflict-situation-31-august-2023 |access-date=2025-09-18 |website=reliefweb.int |language=en}}</ref> Official numbers mention that around 13,400 displaced people accommodated in Ayourou were affected by voluntary return operations.<ref>{{Cite web |last=AfricaNews |date=2023-05-16 |title=Niger: more than 18,000 displaced return home after violence |url=https://www.africanews.com/2023/05/16/niger-more-than-18000-displaced-return-home-after-violence/ |access-date=2025-09-18 |website=Africanews |language=en}}</ref>

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== External links == {{Wikivoyage|Ayorou}}

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