[1] Tassara rural commune lies at the junction of the Sahel and the Sahara, receiving just enough yearly rainfall to make seasonal nomadic pasturage possible.

[5] Tassara town—with a population of around 700 in the 1990s—was built as an administrative center in the 1970s in the wake of the drought and famine which caused such displacement amongst nomadic communities.

At the local elections in July 2004 Mahamed Chérif (PNDS-Tarayya) was elected mayor[8] On 15 April 2010, the Council of Ministers appointed Mahamed Chérif administrator (Administrateur Délégué) from the town and Abdou Adamou to head the administrative post (chef de poste administratif) of Tassara.

[9] Every two years in October, Tassara and the neighboring village of Tillia host a gathering of local Arab pastoralists.

Like the Tuareg Cure Salee of neighboring Ingall, the gathering marks the end of the rainy season pasturage.