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Ourofan

Coordinates: 14°5′0″N 8°8′0″E / 14.08333°N 8.13333°E / 14.08333; 8.13333
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Ourofan
Ourofané
Ourofan is located in Niger
Ourofan
Ourofan
Location of Ourofané
Coordinates: 14°5′0″N 8°8′0″E / 14.08333°N 8.13333°E / 14.08333; 8.13333
CountryNiger
RegionMaradi Region
DepartmentTessaoua Department
CommuneOurofan
Elevation
368 m (1,207 ft)

Ourofan (var. Ourofané) is a town in Maradi Region, Tessaoua Department south central Niger. With a mixed population of pastoral Kel Owey Tuareg, Fulani and Hausa peoples, Ourofan survives as a farming community and stop on seasonal and animal herding and trade routes. The town, historically within the Sahel, is today on the verge of the encroaching Sahara desert.

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The Belgian city of Chimay has a development partnership with Ourofan.[1]

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