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Goudoumaria

Goudoumaria
Goudoumaria is located in Niger
Goudoumaria
Goudoumaria
Coordinates: 13°42′40″N 11°11′25″E / 13.71111°N 11.19028°E / 13.71111; 11.19028Coordinates: 13°42′40″N 11°11′25″E / 13.71111°N 11.19028°E / 13.71111; 11.19028
Country  Niger
Region Diffa
Department Maïné-Soroa
Elevation 351 m (1,154 ft)
Time zone UTC+1 (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+1 (UTC+1)

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 approx. 50km north of the Nigerian border and approx. 50km east of the small city Soubdou.

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.


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