Mainé-Soroa (''Maine-Soroa'', ''Maïné-Soroa'') is a

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...

in southeastern

Niger ) , official_languages = , languages_type = National languagesMainé-Soroa Department Mainé-Soroa is a department of the Diffa Region in Niger. Its capital lies at the city of Mainé-Soroa. The department's population is largely made up of ethnic Kanouris and Fula Fula may refer to: *Fula people (or Fulani, Fulɓe) *Fula lan ...

, and is in turn part of

Diffa Region Diffa is one of the seven Regions of Niger, located in the southeast of the country. The capital of the region is Diffa. Geography Diffa Region is situated in the extreme southeast of Niger between 10° 30’ and 15° 35’ longitude East and 1 ...

. Population 10,176 (2001).

Economy

Situated in an agropastoral zone, most of Mainé-Soroa's population survive by farming and stockraising. As much of 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 ...

region Niger, Mainé-Soroa farmers work under the threat of

desertification Desertification is a type of land degradation in drylands in which biological productivity is lost due to natural processes or induced by human activities whereby fertile areas become increasingly arid. It is the spread of arid areas caused by ...

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

Transport

Airport

The town has an airport, international code DRZM, with an unpaved 3900 ft/1189m runway.Niger Airports with Charter Aircraft, aircharterguide.com
.

References

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

External links

Communes of Niger Diffa Region {{Niger-geo-stub