{{refimprove|date=March 2026}} <!-- Infobox begins --> {{Infobox settlement | official_name = Filingué | other_name = | native_name = <!-- for cities whose native name is not in English --> | nickname = | settlement_type = Town | motto = | image_skyline = File:Niger, Filingué (14), street scene.jpg | imagesize = | image_caption = Scene in the town's centre | image_flag = | flag_size = | image_seal = | seal_size = | image_shield = | shield_size = | city_logo = | citylogo_size = | image_map = | mapsize = | map_caption = | image_map1 = | mapsize1 = | map_caption1 = | image_dot_map = | dot_mapsize = | dot_map_caption = | dot_x = | dot_y = | pushpin_map = Niger<!-- the name of a location map as per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Location_map --> | pushpin_label_position = <!-- the position of the pushpin label: left, right, top, bottom, none --> | pushpin_map_caption = | pushpin_mapsize = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Niger}} | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = Tillabéri Region | subdivision_type2 = Department | subdivision_name2 = Filingué Department | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name3 = | subdivision_type4 = | subdivision_name4 = | government_footnotes = | government_type = | leader_title = | leader_name = | leader_title1 = <!-- for places with, say, both a mayor and a city manager --> | leader_name1 = | leader_title2 = | leader_name2 = | leader_title3 = | leader_name3 = | leader_title4 = | leader_name4 = | established_title = <!-- Settled --> | established_date = | established_title2 = <!-- Incorporated (town) --> | established_date2 = | established_title3 = <!-- Incorporated (city) --> | established_date3 = | area_magnitude = | unit_pref = <!--Enter: Imperial, if Imperial (metric) is desired--> | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 4,420 | area_land_km2 = <!--See table @ Template:Infobox Settlement for details on automatic unit conversion--> | area_water_km2 = | area_total_sq_mi = | area_land_sq_mi = | area_water_sq_mi = | area_water_percent = | area_urban_km2 = | area_urban_sq_mi = | area_metro_km2 = | area_metro_sq_mi = | population_as_of = 2012 Institut National de la Statistique du Niger | population_footnotes = | population_note = Ethnic breakdown: 70% Fulani, 10% Djerma, 10% Tuareg, 5% Hausa, 5% originating from neighbouring countries. | population_total = 92,097 | population_density_km2 = | population_density_sq_mi = | population_metro = | population_density_metro_km2 = | population_density_metro_sq_mi = | population_urban = 12,590 | population_density_urban_km2 = | population_density_urban_sq_mi = | population_blank1_title = | population_blank1 = | population_density_blank1_km2 = | population_density_blank1_sq_mi = | timezone = | utc_offset = | timezone_DST = | utc_offset_DST = | coordinates = {{coord|14|21|0|N|3|19|0|E|region:NE|display=inline}} | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 225 | elevation_ft = | postal_code_type = <!-- enter ZIP code, Postcode, Post code, Postal code... --> | postal_code = | area_code = | blank_name = | blank_info = | blank1_name = | blank1_info = | website = | footnotes = }} <!-- Infobox ends --> '''Filingué''' is a town in southwestern Niger and is the capital city of Filingué Department and Kourfeye<ref>{{Cite web |title=Filingué |url=https://visit-niger.com/listing/filingue/ |access-date=2026-03-05 |website=Agence de Promotion Touristique du Niger |language=fr-FR}}</ref>. 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.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2023-07-29 |title=Biographie du Général de Brigade TIANI Abdourahamane |url=https://www.studiokalangou.org/99224-biographie-general-brigade-tiani-abdourahamane |access-date=2026-05-06 |website=Studio Kalangou - Au rythme du Niger |language=fr-FR}}</ref>
As pools of stagnant water remain in this valley in the dry season there's a lot of mudbrick making.
==Gallery== <gallery class="left" widths="180" heights="120"> File:Niger, Filingué (1).jpg|Scene at the bus station File:Niger, Filingué (10), street scene.jpg|Preparing meat skewers File:Niger, Filingué (33), brick making.jpg|Brick making on the outskirts of town </gallery>
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