Ait-Awari

A young Tuareg woman with her baby in Akoubounou (August 2005)

The Ait-Awari are a Tuareg tribe. They are believed to be descended from the northern Berber ethnic groups of North Africa who migrated south centuries ago. The language of the Ait-Awari is called "Tin Sert" or "Tetserret", which suggests that they may have come from the Gulf of Sirte in Libya .

The Ait Awari community is estimated to have a population of a few thousand; They mainly live in the rural community of Akoubounou in the Abalak department ( Tahoua region ) in Niger . Akoubounou is located in the northern Sahel zone . The municipality is divided into 17 administrative villages, 18 traditional villages, nine hamlets and three camps.

The main town of the rural community is the administrative village of Akoubounou. At the 2001 census, Akoubounou had 10,348 residents. For 2010, 13,912 inhabitants were calculated.

Individual evidence

^ Republic of Niger: Loi n ° 2002-014 du 11 JUIN 2002 portant création des communes et fixant le nom de leurs chefs-lieux .
^ Institut Nationale de la Statistique du Niger (ed.): Annuaire statistique des cinquante ans d'indépendance du Niger . Niamey 2010 ( online version ; PDF; 3.1 MB), p. 55.

[1] Republic of Niger: Loi n ° 2002-014 du 11 JUIN 2002 portant création des communes et fixant le nom de leurs chefs-lieux .

[2] Institut Nationale de la Statistique du Niger (ed.): Annuaire statistique des cinquante ans d'indépendance du Niger . Niamey 2010 ( online version ; PDF; 3.1 MB), p. 55.