Goudoumaria
Commune
Goudoumaria
Coordinates: 13°42′40″N 11°11′25″E / 13.71111°N 11.19028°E / 13.71111; 11.19028
Country	Niger
Region	Diffa
Department	Maïné-Soroa
Area
• Commune	7,886 km2 (3,045 sq mi)
Elevation	351 m (1,154 ft)
Population  (2012 census)
• Commune	100,559
• Urban	4,647
Time zone	UTC+1 (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (UTC+1)
Area code	Miskindi

Goudoumaria, Niger (var. Goudomaria, Gudumaria) is a Commune and town in the southeast of the country, in Diffa Region, northwest of Diffa. Goudoumaria is an administrative post in the Maine-Soroa Department, and is approximately 50 km north of the Nigerian border and approximately 50 km east of the small city Soubdou.

As of 2012, the Commune had a population of 100,559.^[1]

Goudoumaria, historically an area of pastoralism and marginal farming, is in the Sahel region, bordering the Sahara. Desertification has led to changes in farming trends and growth of Date palm farming in recent decades.

• [1] Michel Jahiel. Effet des récentes perturbations climatiques sur la phéniciculture dans le sud-est du Niger. Science et changements planétaires / Sécheresse. Volume 4, Number 1, pp 7–16, March 1993. On desertification