Goudoumaria

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footnotes = 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 aprox. 50km north of the Nigerian border and aprox. 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

* [http://www.fallingrain.com/world/NG/2/Goudoumaria.html Falling Rain .com: Goudoumaria] .
* [http://www.jle.com/en/revues/agro_biotech/sec/e-docs/00/04/22/73/article.md Michel Jahiel. Effet des récentes perturbations climatiques sur la phéniciculture dans le sud-est du Niger] . Science et changements planétaires / Sécheresse. Volume 4, Number 1, 7-16, March 1993. "On desertification