Mayahi Department
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Mayahi Department is a department
of the Maradi Region in Niger
. Its capital lies at the city of Mayahi
. In the mid-1990s, the Department (then titled an Arrondissiment) had a population of 125,000, with 2,200 in Mayahi town.
Departments of Niger
||The Regions of Niger are subdivided into 63 Departments . Before the devolution program on 1999-2005, these Departments were styled arrondissements. Confusingly, the next level up had, before 2002-2005 been styled Departments. Prior to a revision in 2011, there had been 36 Departments. A draft...
of the Maradi Region in Niger
Niger
Niger , officially named the Republic of Niger, is a landlocked country in Western Africa, named after the Niger River. It borders Nigeria and Benin to the south, Burkina Faso and Mali to the west, Algeria and Libya to the north and Chad to the east...
. Its capital lies at the city of Mayahi
Mayahi
Mayahi is a town located in the Maradi Region of Niger. It is the seat of Mayahi Department and a Commune about 45km from Tessaoua. In the mid 1990s it had a population of 2,200. The name "Mayaki" is also a rulers' title among the Sudié and Maouri: local subgroups of the Hausa people.-References:...
. In the mid-1990s, the Department (then titled an Arrondissiment) had a population of 125,000, with 2,200 in Mayahi town.