Maine-Soroa

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Maïné-Soroa
Maïné-Soroa
Coordinates: 13°31′4″N 12°1′36″E / 13.51778, 12.02667
Country	Niger
Department	Diffa Department
Arrondissement	Maïné-Soroa
Elevation [1]	287 m (944 ft)
Population (2001 census)
- Total	10,176

Maine-Soroa (Mainé-Soroa, Maïné-Soroa) is a town in southeastern Niger, the capital of the Maine-Soroa Arrondissement, and is in turn part of Diffa Department.

Contents 1 Economy 2 Population 3 Transport 3.1 Airport 4 References

[edit] Economy

Situated in an agropastoral zone, most of Maine-Soroa's population survive by farming and stockraising. As much of the sahel region Niger, Maine-Soroa farmers work under the threat of desertification.

[edit] Population

The department's population is above 50,000, and is largely made up of ethnic Kanouris Fula, both cultures with longstanding pastoral semi-nomadic traditions. The town is also known as the birthpalce of the President of Niger, Tanja Mamadou.

[edit] Transport

[edit] Airport

The town has an airport, international code DRZM, with an unpaved 3900ft/1189m runway. ^[2]

[edit] References

• Much of the content of this article comes from the equivalent French-language Wikipedia article (retrieved 8 February 2008.)