Gouré

Also known as Goure

Goure (fr. Gouré) is a Commune and town in southeastern Niger, Zinder Region, Goure Department, of which it is the seat. As of 2012, it had a population of 73,732.

Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Goure
Settlement.native_name: Gouré
Settlement.settlement_type: Commune
Settlement.image_skyline: Gouré centre 01.jpg
Settlement.imagesize: 250px
Settlement.image_caption: Town Center
Settlement.pushpin_map: Niger
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Zinder
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Department
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Goure
Settlement.area_total_km2: 4,193
Settlement.area_water_km2: 0
Settlement.population_as_of: 2012 census
Settlement.population_total: 73,732
Settlement.population_urban: 18,289
Settlement.utc_offset: +1

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Population: 7612
Elevation: 456
Image: Gouré centre 01.jpg

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Goure (fr. Gouré) is a Commune and town in southeastern Niger, Zinder Region, Goure Department, of which it is the seat. As of 2012, it had a population of 73,732.

==Situation== Situated on the main all-weather east–west highway in Southern Niger, it is about 170 km east of regional capital, Zinder, on the route east to Diffa, N'Guigmi, and the Lake Chad area along Niger's border with Chad. Around 40 km to the north of Goure are the Koutous hills, which form the first foothills of the Termit Massif. These hills also mark the northeastern boundary of Hausa settlement in Niger, with the desert and hills to the north sparsely populated by seasonal nomadic encampments, and the area to the east populated by a majority of settled Kanouri ethnic groups and Toubou pastoralists.