Official Name: | Goudoumaria |
Settlement Type: | Commune |
Pushpin Map: | Niger |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Diffa |
Subdivision Type2: | Department |
Subdivision Name2: | Maïné-Soroa |
Area Total Km2: | 7,886 |
Population As Of: | 2012 census |
Population Total: | 100,559 |
Population Urban: | 4,647 |
Timezone: | UTC+1 |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | UTC+1 |
Utc Offset Dst: | +1 |
Coordinates: | 13.7111°N 11.1903°W |
Elevation M: | 351 |
Elevation Ft: | 1154 |
Area Code: | Miskindi |
Goudoumaria, Niger (var. Goudomaria, Gudumaria) is a Commune and 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 approximately 50 km north of the Nigerian border and approximately 50 km east of the small city Soubdou.
As of 2012, the Commune had a population of 100,559.[1]
Goudoumaria, historically an area of pastoralism and marginal farming, is in the Sahel region, bordering the Sahara. Desertification has led to changes in farming trends and growth of Date palm farming in recent decades.