Mayahi
Sign in to saveMayahi (var. Mayaki) is a town located in the Maradi Region of Niger. It is the seat of Mayahi Department and a Commune about 45 km from Tessaoua. In 2012 it had a population of 14,000 in the urban area. The name "Mayaki" is also a rulers' title among the Sudié and Maouri: local subgroups of the Hausa people.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Mayahi
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Commune
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Mayahi (6328889988) crop.jpg
- Settlement.image_map
- NE-Mayahi.png
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Niger
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Niger
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Maradi Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Department
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Mayahi Department
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Urban Commune
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Mayahi
- Settlement.government_type
- Urban Commune
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 800.5
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2012 census
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Niger
- Country
- Niger
- Located in
- Mayahi Department
- Continent
- Africa
- Population
- 3292
- Elevation
- 390
- Time zone
- West Africa Time
- Capital of
- Mayahi Department
- Shares border with
- Attantané
- Image
- Mayahi (6328889988) crop.jpg
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Mayahi (var. Mayaki) is a town located in the Maradi Region of Niger. It is the seat of Mayahi Department and a Commune about 45 km from Tessaoua. In 2012 it had a population of 14,000 in the urban area. The name "Mayaki" is also a rulers' title among the Sudié and Maouri: local subgroups of the Hausa people.
== Geography == Mayahi is in the Sahel region. The neighboring municipalities are Tchaké in the north, El Allassane Maïreyrey in the northeast, Issawane in the east, Kanan-Bakaché in the southeast, Aguié in the south, Sarkin Haoussa in the southwest and Attantané in the northwest. The dry valley Goulbi N'Kaba runs through Mayahi.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mayahi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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