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Goudoumaria

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Country
  
Niger

Department
  
Maïné-Soroa

Elevation
  
352 m

Region
  
Diffa

Time zone
  
UTC+1 (UTC+1)

Goudoumaria

Weather
  
36°C, Wind E at 10 km/h, 5% Humidity

Goudoumaria, Niger (var. Goudomaria, Gudumaria) is a town in the southeast of the country, in Diffa Region, northwest of Diffa. Goudoumaria is an administrative post in the Maine-Soroa Department, and is approx. 50km north of the Nigerian border and approx. 50km east of the small city Soubdou.

Climate

Goudoumaria, historically an area of pastoralism and marginal farming, is in the Sahel region, bordering the Sahara. Desertification has led to a growth of Date palm farming in recent decades.

References

Goudoumaria Wikipedia