The neighboring communities in Niger are Chadakori and Guidan Sori in the north, Maradi and Saé Saboua in the east and Safo and Sarkin Yamma in the south-east.

The office of the traditional ruler of Gobir continued to exist, even after Niger's independence, although it was increasingly limited to purely representative functions.

As a result, Tibiri's political significance was lost during the colonial period, but the town's outstanding cultural importance for the Hausa remained.

[5] Every year, a large traditional religious ceremony of regional importance takes place at a seasonal lake twelve kilometres east of Tibiri.

Of particular economic and cultural importance is a robust red-haired goat species (chèvre rousse de Maradi) bred mainly in Tibiri.