Abalak
| Abalak Township | |||
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| Coordinates | 15 ° 27 ' N , 6 ° 17' E | ||
| Basic data | |||
| Country | Niger | ||
| Tahoua | |||
| department | Abalak | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | NE-5 | ||
| Residents | 74,719 (2012) | ||
Abalak (other names and spellings: Ebaka , Ibeka , Abalagh ) is a municipality and the capital of the Abalak department in Niger .
geography
Abalak is located in the Tadrès region on the edge of the Sahara . The neighboring communities are Tassara in the northwest, Ingall in the northeast, Tamaya in the southeast, Akoubounou in the south, Kao in the southwest and Tchintabaraden in the west. The urban area is divided into six districts, 40 administrative villages, three hamlets, 24 warehouses and seven water points. The six districts are Administratif, Amanokal, Azamor, Boukoki, Nouveau Quartier Arabe and Tagalat.
population
At the 2001 census, Abalak had 24,427 residents. At the 2012 census, the population was 74,719. The population consists mainly of Hausa , Tuareg and Arabs . The Hausa are mainly active in agriculture, Tuareg and Arabs mostly in trade. Abalak has been a center of the Tuareg autonomy movement since 1985.
Culture and sights
A ranchers festival is held in Abalak every October.
Economy and Infrastructure
The community belongs mainly to an area in which pasture farming is carried out. In the south begins the zone of agropastoralism . In the agricultural town there are also military facilities of the Nigerien army. Caused by long droughts, there is partly the character of a refugee camp. The Abalak weekly market was founded in 1975. The market day is Thursday. In addition to camels, sheep and goats, goods for nomadic life in the desert are traded. Abalak is the seat of a Tribunal d'Instance, one of the 30 civil courts nationwide , which are below the ten civil courts of the first instance (Tribunal de Grande Instance). The city is located on National Road 25 , which connects the city with the major cities of Agadez and Tahoua .
Personalities
- Attaher Abdoulmoumine (* 1964), paramilitary leader and politician
- Mdou Moctar (* 1985), guitarist and singer-songwriter
literature
- Abdoulaye Mohamadou: Foncier agro-pastoral, conflits et gestion des aléas climatiques au Niger. Cas de Dakoro et Abalak (= Etudes et Travaux du LASDEL . No. 26 ). LASDEL, Niamey / Parakou April 2004 ( lasdel.net [PDF]).
- Abdoulaye Mohamadou: Les pouvoirs locaux dans la commune d'Abalak (= Etudes et Travaux du LASDEL . No. 34 ). LASDEL, Niamey / Parakou February 2005 ( lasdel.net [PDF]).
- Abdoulaye Mohamadou: Les communes de Tchintabaraden et Abalak (an 2) (= Etudes et Travaux du LASDEL . No. 57 ). LASDEL, Niamey / Parakou May 2006 ( lasdel.net [PDF]).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Répertoire National des Communes (RENACOM) . Institut National de la Statistique website, accessed January 22, 2011.
- ^ Institut national de la statistique (ed.): Annuaire statistique des cinquante ans d'indépendence du Niger . Niamey 2010, stat-niger.org (PDF; 3.1 MB) p. 55.
- ↑ 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 May 1, 2014 (French).
- ↑ {{Web archive | url = http: //www.safem.info/ancien/PRESENTATION%20REGION%20PHARE.pdf | wayback = 20140714210241 | text = - | archiv-bot = 2018-08-21 19:33:38 InternetArchiveBot }} (Link not available)
- ^ Comprendre l'économie des ménages ruraux au Niger . Save the Children UK, London 2009, savethechildren.org.uk ( Memento from September 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 2.6 MB), p. 8.
- ↑ Christian Floret, JA Mabbutt (Ed.): Études de cas sur la désertification . Unesco, Paris 1983, ISBN 92-3-201820-9 , p. 146.
- ↑ Thomas Krings: Sahel countries . WBG, Darmstadt 2006, ISBN 3-534-11860-X , p. 169.
- ↑ Bachir Talfi: Note sur l'organization judiciaire . Nigerien Ministry of Justice website, accessed September 24, 2012.
