Akoubounou

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Akoubounou rural community
Akoubounou rural community (Niger)
Akoubounou rural community
Akoubounou rural community
Coordinates 15 ° 21 ′  N , 6 ° 6 ′  E Coordinates: 15 ° 21 ′  N , 6 ° 6 ′  E
Basic data
Country Niger

region

Tahoua
department Abalak
ISO 3166-2 NE-5
Residents 47,961 (2012)

Akoubounou is a rural municipality in the department Abalak in Niger .

geography

Akoubounou is located in the northern Sahel zone . The neighboring communities are Abalak in the northeast, Azèye in the southeast, Ibohamane in the south, Tabalak in the southwest and Kao in the northwest. 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. Ait-Awari also live here .

history

The rural community Akoubounou emerged as an administrative unit in 2002 as part of a nationwide administrative reform from a part of a previously community-free area.

population

Targia in Akoubounou

At the 2001 census, Akoubounou had 10,348 residents. At the 2012 census, the population was 47,961.

Culture and sights

The Shiriken Camel Festival takes place in Akoubounou every two years .

Economy and Infrastructure

The parish is located at the transition from the agropastoral zone of the south to the zone of pure grazing in the north. The national road 25 runs through Akoubounou, which connects the place via Abalak with the regional capital Agadez and via Tabalak with the regional capital Tahoua .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Répertoire National des Communes (RENACOM) . Institut National de la Statistique website, accessed January 22, 2011.
  2. ^ Republic of Niger: Loi n ° 2002-014 du 11 JUIN 2002 portant création des communes et fixant le nom de leurs chefs-lieux .
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ↑ 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).
  5. ↑ http://www.safem.info/ancien/PRESENTATION REGION PHARE.pdf (link not available)
  6. ^ Comprendre l'économie des ménages ruraux au Niger . Save the Children UK, London 2009 ( online version ( Memento from September 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive ); PDF; 2.6 MB), p. 8.