Ourofan

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== International contacts == The Belgian city of Chimay has a development partnership with Ourofan.<ref>[http://www.uvcw.be/espaces/international/inventaire/partenaires.cfm?com=56016&par=852 City of Chimay, Belgium] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110521063421/http://www.uvcw.be/espaces/international/inventaire/partenaires.cfm?com=56016&par=852 |date=2011-05-21 }}.</ref>

== References == {{Reflist}}

* J. Cl. Toubeau. [http://www.ville-de-chimay.be/image/117.pdf Aider le Niger : Ourofane] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100923103006/http://www.ville-de-chimay.be/image/117.pdf |date=2010-09-23 }}, City of Chimay, Belgium, September 2005. * Simon Harragin/Save the Children UK, [http://www.savethechildren.org.uk/en/docs/The_Cost_of_Being_Poor.pdf The Cost of being Poor: Markets, mistrust and malnutrition in southern Niger 2005-2006]{{Dead link|date=April 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, June 2006.

Category:Populated places in Niger