Akoubounou, or Akabinu in the local Tin Sert language, is a village located in the west to the town of Abalak, in the Tahoua Region of Niger.

The neighbouring municipalities are Abalak in the Northeast, Azeye the southeast, Ibrohamane in the south, Tabalak the southwest and Kao in the northwest.

The Akoubounou rural community emerged as part of a previously commune-free area in the course of a nationwide administrative reform in 2002.

[4] Every two years, the camel festival called Shiriken takes place in Akoubounou, which celebrates the music, culture and traditions of the Tuareg people.

[5] The municipality lies at the crossroads of the Agropastoralism of the South and the zone of the pure pastoral economy of the North.