Abala (department)

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Abala Department
Departments in the Tillabéri region until 2011
Departments in the Tillabéri region until 2011
Basic data
Country Niger
region Tillabéri
Seat Abala
Residents 139,812 (2012)
ISO 3166-2 NE-6
politics
prefect Assoumane Alassane

Coordinates: 14 ° 56 '  N , 3 ° 26'  E

Abala is a department in the region of Tillabéri in Niger .

geography

Landscape in the Abala department

The department is located in the southwest of the country and borders Mali . It consists of the rural parishes of Abala and Sanam . The eponymous capital of the department is Abala.

history

The department goes back to the poste administratif of Abala, which was established in 1964. In 2011, the administrative post was removed from the Filingué department and elevated to the Abala department. As a result of the conflict in northern Mali , the Niger government issued a state of emergency in the Abala department and six other departments in March 2017 , which was subsequently extended several times.

population

According to the 2012 census, the Abala department has 139,812 inhabitants. From 2001 to 2012 the population increased by an average of 2.7% annually (nationwide: 3.9%).

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 Abala Department
Term of office Surname
Feb. 29, 2012 - Jul. 29, 2016 Djambala Maïga Omar (aka Diambala Maiga Omar)
Jul 29, 2016 - Oct 9, 2018 Soumana Issaka
since Oct. 9, 2018 Assoumane Alassane

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tillabéri. In: Projet d'Appui au Processus de la Decentralization. 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. 275 .
  3. ↑ 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]).
  4. ^ Communiqué du Conseil des ministres du mercredi 13 June 2018. In: Niger Diaspora. June 15, 2018, accessed June 20, 2018 (French).
  5. ↑ Présentation des résultats préliminaires du Quatrième (4ème) Recensement Général de la Population et de l'Habitat (RGPH) 2012. (PDF) Institut National de la Statistique du Niger, April 2013, p. 6 , accessed on January 28, 2014 ( French).
  6. ↑ Au Conseil des ministres: Le gouvernement adopte plusieurs projets de textes et des mesures nominatives . In: Le Sahel . March 1, 2012, p. 4 ( nigerdiaspora.net [PDF; accessed October 15, 2018]).
  7. ↑ Adoption de plusieurs projets de loi et mesures nominatives au conseil des ministres. In: aNiamey.com. December 5, 2013, accessed October 14, 2018 (French).
  8. ↑ Communiqué du Conseil des ministres du vendredi 29 June 2016. In: Tamtam Info. August 1, 2016, accessed October 14, 2018 (French).
  9. ^ 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).