local
tribal authority (canton). Torodi
is in the Say Department of the Tillaberi Region, which surrounds the
national capital, Niamey. Say
Department, with its capital at the large Niger
River town of Say, abuts Niamey
to the southwest and across the river to the west. The town of Torodi lies about
60km due west of the city of Say and 50km east of the border with Bukina Faso.
Torodi itself lies on a tributary of the Niger, the Gourbi river
