Gaya
Gaya is a city in the Gaya Department of the Dosso Region of Niger. The city is situated 254 km southeast of the capital, Niamey, is located on the banks of the Niger River, and is near the borders with Benin and Nigeria.
Photo: L.herblot, Public domain.- Type: City with 63,800 residents
- Description: urban commune in Niger
- Also known as: “Gaya, Niger”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Gaya Airport.
Gaya
- Categories: municipality of Niger, border city, and locality
- Location: Dosso Region, Niger, Sahel, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
11.8848° or 11° 53′ 5″ north
Longitude
3.4599° or 3° 27′ 36″ east
Population
63,800
Elevation
177 metres (581 feet)
UN/LOCODE
NE ZGA
Open location code
7F35VFM5+WX
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=city
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Satellite Map
Discover this place from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Gaya” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جايا”
- Arabic: “غايا”
- Catalan: “Gaya”
- Cebuano: “Gaya”
- Chinese: “加亞”
- Danish: “Gaya”
- Dutch: “Gaya”
- Finnish: “Gaya”
- French: “Gaya”
- German: “Gaya”
- Hausa: “Gaya”
- Igbo: “Gaya”
- Indonesian: “Gaya, Dosso”
- Indonesian: “Gaya”
- Italian: “Gaya”
- Japanese: “ガヤ”
- Korean: “가야”
- Lithuanian: “Gaja”
- Malay: “Gaya, Niger”
- Malay: “Gaya”
- Mingrelian: “გაია (ნიგერი)”
- Mingrelian: “გაია”
- Polish: “Gaya”
- Portuguese: “Gaya”
- Romanian: “Gaya, Niger”
- Romanian: “Gaya”
- Russian: “Гая”
- Spanish: “Gaya”
- Swahili: “Gaya, Niger”
- Turkish: “Gaya”
- Ukrainian: “Ґайя”
- Vietnamese: “Gaya, Niger”
- Vietnamese: “Gaya”
- “Gaya”
Places with the Same Name
Discover other places named “Gaya”.
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Plateau I and Plateau II.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Bureau Onaha Gaya and Hôpital de District de Gaya.
Niger: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Niamey and Agadez.
Curious Places to Discover
Uncover intriguing places from every corner of the globe.