town, southwestern Niger, situated about 80 miles (130 km) southeast of Niger's capital, Niamey. Dosso is the traditional headquarters of the Zerma people, who are sedentary farmers. The town is connected by road to Niamey in the west and Tahoua in the northeast. There is also an airfield at Dosso. The economy of the surrounding region is chiefly based on multicrop subsistence farming and sedentary livestock breeding. Pop. (2001) 43,561.