 The municipality has 12,000 inhabitants, and its economy is dominated by agriculture, herding and small trade.The town houses the Islamic University of Niger ("Université Islamique de Say"), an institute of international scope, whose founding was decided following a meeting of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference in 1974, but that opened only in 1986.In 1996, it had 400 students, who paid fees much lower than those of the University of Niamey.