Maradi Region

{{Short description|Region of Niger}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Maradi | native_name = | native_name_lang = fr | type = Region | image_skyline = Village maradi niger.jpg | image_alt = | image_caption = A village in Maradi | nickname = | motto = | image_map = Maradi in Niger.svg | map_alt = | map_caption = Location within Niger | mapsize = frameless | coordinates = {{coord|13|30|N|7|6|E|region:NE_type:adm1st_source:GNS-enwiki|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_footnotes = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Niger}} | established_title = | established_date = | founder = | named_for = | seat_type = Capital | seat = Maradi | government_footnotes = | leader_party = | leader_title = Governor | leader_name = Schiabou Aboubacar | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 35100 | area_note = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | population_footnotes = | population_total = 4,728,200 | population_as_of = 2020 estimate | population_density_km2 = auto | population_demonym = | population_note = | timezone1 = West Africa Time | utc_offset1 = +1 | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code_type = | area_code = | blank_name_sec1 = HDI (2021) | blank_info_sec1 = 0.403<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hdi.globaldatalab.org/areadata/shdi/|title=Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab|website=hdi.globaldatalab.org|language=en|access-date=24 November 2023}}</ref><br/>{{color|#900|low}} · 3rd of 7 | website = | footnotes = }}

The '''Region of Maradi''' is one of seven regions of Niger. It is located in south-central Niger, east of the Region of Tahoua, west of Zinder, and north of the Nigerian city of Katsina. The administrative centre is at Maradi, with the population of the Region being predominantly Hausa.

== History == In 2021, a large gold mine collapse<nowiki/>d in the region, killing 18 miners.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2021-11-08|title=At least 18 killed in artisanal gold mine collapse in Niger|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/least-18-killed-artisanal-gold-mine-collapse-niger-2021-11-08/|access-date=2021-12-22}}</ref>

==Geography== Maradi borders Agadez Region to the north, Zinder Region to the east, Nigeria to the south (specifically the states of Katsina, Zamfara, and Sokoto), and Tahoua Region to the west. Most of the 35,100 km²<ref name="Decalo1997">Samuel Decalo, ''Historical Dictionary of Niger'' (3rd ed.). Scarecrow Press, Boston & Folkestone, (1997) {{ISBN|0-8108-3136-8}} pp.209–210</ref> of land is classified as "Sahel", though the northern parts merge into the Sahara desert, and the very southern edges along the border with Nigeria get almost 600 mm a year in average rainfall, with some areas receiving as much as 650–700 mm in better years.<ref name="Decalo1997" /> Lake Madarounfa lies south of Maradi, into which the seasonal Goulbi N'Gabi and Goulbi N'Maradi rivers flow.<ref name="Bradt"/>

===Settlements=== Maradi is the regional capital; other major settlements include Adjekoria, Aguie, Attantane, Azagor, Bader Goula, Baoudetta, Bermo, Birni Lalle, Chadakori, Dakoro, Dan-Goulbi, Djiratawa, El Allassane Maireyrey, Gababedji, Gabi, Gangara, Gazaoua, Guidan Amoumoune, Guidan Roumji, Guidan Sori, Hawandawaki, Issawane, Kanan-Bakache, Kollo, Koona, Korahane, Korgom, Kornaka, Madarounfa, Maiyara, Mar-Jirgui, Mayahi, Ourafane, Roumboui, Sabon-Machi, Safo, Sarkin Haoussa, Sarkin Yamma, Tagriss, Tchadoua, Tchake, Tessaoua and Tibiri.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://reliefweb.int/map/niger/carte-de-r-f-rence-niger-r-gion-de-maradi-1-f-vrier-2019| title = Carte de référence: Niger - Région de Maradi (1 février 2019) | format = PDF | publisher = REACH Initiative | accessdate = 29 October 2019}}</ref>

==Administrative subdivisions== thumb|right|250px|Departments of Maradi (old borders) Maradi is divided into 8 Departments and one commune: * Aguie Department * Bermo Department * Dakoro Department * Gazaoua Department * Guidan Roumdji Department * Madarounfa Department * Maradi City * Mayahi Department * Tessaoua Department

==Economy== The Niger-Nigeria border dips south below the Region's capital, forming an area sometimes called the "breadbasket" of Niger.{{citation needed|date=October 2019}} While tobacco, mangoes, wheat, soy beans, and even cotton are cultivated in some areas, the predominant crops are groundnuts, grown commercially, millet, sorghum, and cow peas, typically for domestic consumption.<ref name="Bradt">Geels, Jolijn, (2006) ''Bradt Travel Guide - Niger'', pgs. 203-212</ref>

==Demographics== thumb|Hausa women in a village

Maradi is the most densely populated region of Niger,<ref name="Decalo1997" /> with a population of 3,117,810 as of 2011.<ref name="Annuaire statistique du Niger">[http://www.stat-niger.org/statistique/file/Annuaires_Statistiques/Annuaire_ins_2011/population.pdf Annuaire statistique du Niger]</ref> Culturally, the Maradi Region forms the west-central section of the Nigerien Hausaland, which extends along the Nigerian border west to Dogondoutchi and east to just beyond Zinder. Other groups include the Fula people (including the Wodaabe, who predominate in the north and east of the region), and the Tuareg peoples, especially in the region's north and along major trade routes.<ref name="Languages of Niger">{{cite web | url = https://www.ethnologue.com/country/ne/languages| title = Languages of Niger | publisher = Ethnologue | accessdate = 24 October 2019}}</ref> The Tagdal language, thought to be a mixed Songhay-Tuareg language, is also spoken.<ref name="Languages of Niger"/>{{Historical populations|1977|949,747|1985|1,389,433|2001|2,235,570|2012|3,402,094|align=none|footnote=source:<ref>[http://www.citypopulation.de/en/niger/cities/ Niger: Administrative Division population statistics]</ref>}}

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==External links== *{{Wikivoyage-inline|Maradi|Maradi}}

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