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Dosso (region (administrative division)) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 13 30 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 13.5000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 003 30 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 3.5000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Region was created by the government to promote sedentary farming among the nomadic Fulani peoples; area produces cereal, peanuts & cotton; the Niger River forms border with Benin, & is important for fishing. |
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| Dosso (preferred,C,V,O)
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| Dosso department (C,O)
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| Département de Dosso (C,U)
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| NG03 (C,U,FIPS)
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| Région de Dosso (C,U)
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| Dosso Region (C,U)
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Dosso (region (administrative division)) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| region (administrative division) (preferred, C) |
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| first level subdivision (C) |
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