Maine-Soroa

Maïné-Soroa
Maïné-Soroa
Coordinates: 13°31′04″N 12°01′36″E / 13.51778°N 12.02667°E / 13.51778; 12.02667Coordinates: 13°31′04″N 12°01′36″E / 13.51778°N 12.02667°E / 13.51778; 12.02667
Country	Niger
Region	Diffa Region
Department	Maïné-Soroa
Commune of Maïné-Soroa
Elevation	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 Department, and is in turn part of Diffa Region. Population 10,176 (2001).

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.

The town is also known as the birthplace of the President of Niger, Tanja Mamadou.

Transport

Airport

The town has an airport, international code DRZM, with an unpaved 3900ft/1189m runway. ^[1]

References

1. ^ Niger Airports with Charter Aircraft, aircharterguide.com.

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

External links

• MSN Map