Key facts
- Country
- Niger
- Capital
- Maradi
- Governor
- Schiabou Aboubacar
- Total
- 35,100 km (13,600 sq mi)
- Density
- 135/km (349/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+1 ( West Africa Time )
- Hdi 2021
- 0.403 , low · 3rd of 7
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- region of Niger
- Country
- Niger
- Located in
- Niger
- Contains
- Madarounfa Department
- Continent
- Africa
- Capital
- Maradi
- Population
- 3402094
- Area
- 35100.0
- Time zone
- West Africa Time
- Shares border with
- Tahoua Region
- Image
- Création africaine 1007.jpg
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- Commons category
- Maradi Region
- topic's main category
- Category:Maradi Region
- language used
- Gadal
- native label
- Maradi
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Encyclopedic overview
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
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Maradi Region” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.