Ourofan (var. Ourofané) is a town in
Maradi Region,
Tessaoua Department
Tessaoua is a department of the Maradi Region in Niger. Its capital lies at the city of Tessaoua. As of 2011, the department had a total population of 479,384 people.
Towns and villages
*Awandawaki
*Badéta Haousa
*Chabaré
*Dan Aro
*Dan Gado
*D ...
south central
Niger. With a mixed population of pastoral
Kel Owey Tuareg,
Fulani and
Hausa peoples, Ourofan survives as a farming community and stop on seasonal and animal herding and trade routes. The town, historically within the
Sahel
The Sahel (; ar, ساحل ' , "coast, shore") is a region in North Africa. It is defined as the ecoclimatic and biogeographic realm of transition between the Sahara to the north and the Sudanian savanna to the south. Having a hot semi-arid c ...
, is today on the verge of the encroaching
Sahara desert.
International contacts
The Belgian city of
Chimay
Chimay (, wa, Chimai) is a city and Municipalities of Belgium, municipality of Wallonia located in the Hainaut Province, province of Hainaut, Belgium. In 2006, Chimay had a population of 9,774. The area is 197.10 km2 which gives a populatio ...
has a development partnership with Ourofan.
City of Chimay, Belgium
References
* J. Cl. Toubeau
Aider le Niger : Ourofane
City of Chimay, Belgium, September 2005.
* Simon Harragin/Save the Children UK
The Cost of being Poor: Markets, mistrust and malnutrition in southern Niger 2005-2006
June 2006.
Populated places in Niger
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