Tanout gari ne a kudancin Nijar . Yana cikin Yankin Zinder, Ma'aikatar Tanout, arewacin birnin Zinder . Shi ne babban birnin gudanarwa na Ma'aikatar Tanout. Tun daga 1987, Gidauniyar Eden, wata ƙungiya mai zaman kanta da ke da niyyar samar da bishiyoyi don “shuka kai tsaye” ga iyalai a kewayen, tana aiki a cikin garin. A farkon shekarar 2008, Tanout ta kasance batun harin da 'yan tawayen Abzinawa masu neman' yancin kai suka kai, inda aka sace mutane 11, ciki har da magajin garin. Filin jirgin sama Tanout na hidimar garin.   Tanout, Niger Page. Falling Rain Genomics, Inc. 1996-2004.