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Gaffati
Gaffati is a village and rural Communes of Niger, commune in the Mirriah Department of the Zinder Region of Niger. As of 2012, it had a population of 46,379. References {{coord, 13, 50, N, 9, 06, E, display=title, region:NE_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki Communes of Niger Zinder Region ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zinder Region
Zinder Region is one of the seven regions of Niger; the capital of the region is Zinder. The region covers 145,430 km². It is the most populous province of Niger. History Numerous Palaeolithic and Neolithic remains, as well as cave paintings, have been found in the Termit Massif. Zinder was the centre of the Sultanate of Damagaram, a powerful sultanate which dominated much of the surrounding region from the mid-18th century until the French conquest in the 1890s. Zinder was initially the capital of the Niger territory, however this was moved to Niamey in 1926 and thereafter Zinder declined in importance, though it remains an important regional centre. Geography Zinder Region is located in the southeast of Niger and covers 145,430 km². It borders Agadez Region to the north, Diffa Region to the east, Nigeria to the south (specifically, the states of Yobe, Jigawa and Katsina), and Maradi Region to the west. The landscape is primarily Sahelian in the south, merging into ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
