Gaya (department)

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Department of Gaya
Departments in the Dosso region by 2011
Departments in the Dosso region by 2011
Basic data
Country Niger
region Dosso
Seat Gaya
Residents 261,638 (2012)
ISO 3166-2 NE-3
politics
prefect Hamidou Diaouga

Coordinates: 12 ° 11 '  N , 3 ° 32'  E

Gaya is a department in the region Dosso in Niger .

geography

State border with Benin near Gaya

The department is located in the Dendi countryside in the south-west of the country and borders Benin and Nigeria . It consists of the township of Gaya and the rural parishes of Bana , Bengou , Tanda , Tounouga and Yélou . The eponymous capital of the department is Gaya.

The terrain is cut through by numerous valleys. With the Dallol Foga and the Dallol Maouri, there are two large wadis in the department, the laterite plateau of which sinks continuously towards a floodplain on the Niger River . The north of the department belongs to the Sahel zone , the south to the greater Sudan landscape .

history

After Niger gained independence in 1960, the national territory was divided into 32 districts ( circonscriptions ). One of them was the Gaya district. 1964 an administrative reform divided Niger into seven departments, the predecessors of the later regions, and 32 arrondissements, the predecessors of the later departments. In the course of this, the Gaya district was converted into the Gaya arrondissement. From March to August 1996, Yahaya Chaibou headed the arrondissement as sub-prefect.

In 1998 the previous Arrondissements of Nigers were converted into departments, each headed by a prefect appointed by the Council of Ministers. The department has been divided into municipalities since 2002. Before that, it consisted of the urban center Gaya and the cantons of Gaya, Bana, Dioundiou, Karakara, Yélou and Zabori. In 2011 Dioundiou was separated from the Gaya department as a separate department.

population

According to the 2012 census, the Gaya department has 261,638 inhabitants. In the 2001 census, before the separation of Dioundiou, there were 253,444 inhabitants, in the 1988 census 164,103 inhabitants and in the 1977 census 112,868 inhabitants.

administration

At the head of the department is a prefect (French: préfet ) who is appointed by the Council of Ministers on the proposal of the Minister of the Interior .

Prefects of the Department of Gaya (selection)
Term of office Surname
...
until Aug. 21, 2009 Issa Yacouba
Aug 21, 2009 - Apr 15, 2010 Assakaley Harouna
Apr 15, 2010 - Jun 3, 2011 Agaly Abdou
Jun 3, 2011 - Dec 4, 2013 Saadou Issifi
Dec 4, 2013 - Sep 16 2016 Badjo Yacouba
16 Sep 2016 - Oct 9, 2018 Illa Ousmane
since Oct. 9, 2018 Hamidou Diaouga

literature

  • Lawali Dambo: Atlas de l'arrondissement de Gaya . Mémoire de maîtrise. Université Abdou Moumouni de Niamey, Niamey 2000.
  • Abdourahamane Harouna Moussa: Caractérisation de la riziculture pluviale hors aménagement dans le département de Gaya (région de Dosso) . Mémoire. Faculté d'Agronomie, Université Abdou Moumouni de Niamey, Niamey 2014.
  • Zeinabou Kamassi Souley: Productivité, capacité de charge et gestion communautaire des aires de pâturage dans le département de Gaya . Faculté d'Agronomie, Université Abdou Moumouni de Niamey, Niamey 2012.

Web links

Commons : Gaya (Department)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Dosso. (No longer available online.) In: Projet d'Appui au Processus de la Décentralization. Ministère de l'Intérieur, de la Sécurité Publique, de la Décentralization et des Affaires Religieuses, archived from the original on February 2, 2014 ; Retrieved January 28, 2014 (French).
  2. ↑ Edmond Séré de Rivières: Histoire du Niger . Berger-Levrault, Paris 1965, p. 21.
  3. ↑ Edmond Séré de Rivières: Histoire du Niger . Berger-Levrault, Paris 1965, p. 19.
  4. ↑ Edmond Séré de Rivières: Histoire du Niger . Berger-Levrault, Paris 1965, p. 275.
  5. ↑ Aissa Abdoulaye Alfary: Bio-express des membres du gouvernement: M. Yahaya Chaibou, ministre de la Fonction Publique et de l'Emploi. In: Niger Diaspora. April 21, 2010, accessed May 20, 2018 (French).
  6. ↑ Historique de la decentralization. ANIYA. Réseau des collectivités nigériennes et françaises, archived from the original on April 6, 2012 ; Retrieved January 28, 2014 (French).
  7. ^ Répartition de la Population de la Région de DOSSO par Sexe selon le Département, Canton ou Zone Restante et le Center Urbain. (PDF) Institut National de la Statistique du Niger, 2001, accessed on January 28, 2014 (French).
  8. ↑ Une nouvelle loi sur le redécoupage administratif . In: L'Arbre à Palabres . No. 13 , August 11, 2011, p. 2 ( nigerdiaspora.net [PDF; accessed on January 28, 2014]).
  9. ↑ Presentation of the result globaux définitifs du Quatrième (4ème) Recensement Général de la Population et de l'Habitat (RGP / H) de 2012. (PDF) Institut National de la Statistique, 2014, accessed on April 21, 2014 (French).
  10. ^ Annuaire statistique des cinquante ans d'indépendance du Niger. (PDF; 3.1 MB) Institut Nationale de la Statistique du Niger, 2010, p. 49 , accessed on January 27, 2013 (French).
  11. ↑ Au conseil des ministres: Le gouvernement adopte le projet d'ordonnance modifiant et complétant l'ordonnance n ° 99-37 du 4 September 1999, portant code électoral, en ses articles 42, 51, 108 et 117 . In: Le Sahel . August 24, 2009, p. 3 ( nigerdiaspora.net [PDF; accessed October 15, 2018]).
  12. ^ Communiqué du conseil des ministres du jeudi 15 avril 2010. In: Niger Diaspora. April 15, 2010, accessed October 14, 2018 (French).
  13. ^ Au Conseil des ministres: le gouvernement adopte plusieurs projets de lois et des mesures nominatives. In: PlaneteAfrique. June 6, 2011, accessed October 14, 2018 (French).
  14. ↑ Adoption de plusieurs projets de loi et mesures nominatives au conseil des ministres. In: aNiamey.com. December 5, 2013, accessed October 14, 2018 (French).
  15. ^ Communiqué du Conseil des ministres du vendredi 16 September. In: Niger Diaspora. September 17, 2016, accessed October 14, 2018 (French).
  16. ^ Réunion du Conseil des ministres du mardi 09 octobre 2018: Plusieurs projets de textes et mesures nominatives adoptés. In: Niger Diaspora. October 10, 2018, accessed October 14, 2018 (French).