Albarkaram

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Albarkaram rural community
Rural community of Albarkaram (Niger)
Albarkaram rural community
Albarkaram rural community
Coordinates 13 ° 59 ′  N , 9 ° 14 ′  E Coordinates: 13 ° 59 ′  N , 9 ° 14 ′  E
Basic data
Country Niger

region

cinder
department Damagaram Takaya
ISO 3166-2 NE-7
Residents 14,926 (2010)
Kola sellers in the village of Kassama, part of the Albarkaram community

Albarkaram (also: Alberkaram ) is a rural community in the Damagaram Takaya department in Niger .

geography

Albarkaram is located in the Sahel in the Alberkaram massif, which consists of crystalline quartzites , northeast of the city of Zinder . The neighboring communities of Albarkaram are Wamé in the north, Damagaram Takaya in the east, Gaffati in the south and Dakoussa in the west. The municipality is divided into 25 administrative villages, eleven traditional villages and 31 hamlets. The main town of the rural community is the administrative village of Albarkaram (also: Alberkaram).

history

The rural community of Albarkaram emerged from the canton of Albarkaram in 2002 as part of a nationwide administrative reform. Since 2011 the rural community no longer belongs to the Mirriah department , but to the newly founded Damagaram Takaya department.

population

At the 2001 census, Albarkaram had 10,993 residents. For 2010, 14,926 inhabitants were calculated. Members of the Tuareg subgroup Ichiriffen, which mainly operates remote grazing, live in Albarkaram .

Economy and Infrastructure

The dry valley of Zermou , which runs through the municipality, is dammed at the Toumbala dam . The reservoir is used for agricultural irrigation, as a cattle trough and for fish farming.

literature

  • Moussa Aboubacar Ahidan: Impact socioéconomique des banques céréalières dans les communes d'Albarkaram et de Dogo (département de Mirriah) . Faculté d'Agronomie, Université Abdou Moumouni de Niamey, Niamey 2011.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Erich Krenkel: Geology of Africa . Part 3, Borntraeger, Berlin 1938, p. 1380.
  2. ^ Répertoire National des Communes (RENACOM) . Institut National de la Statistique website, accessed January 22, 2011.
  3. ^ Republic of Niger: Loi n ° 2002-014 du 11 JUIN 2002 portant création des communes et fixant le nom de leurs chefs-lieux
  4. ↑ 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]).
  5. ^ 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. 57.
  6. ↑ Ministère de l'élevage et des industries animales / République du Niger (ed.): La mobilité pastorale dans la Région de Zinder. Stratégies et dynamisme des sociétés pastorales. ( Memento of July 13, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Niamey 2009; PDF, 11.3 MB, p. 32.
  7. ^ Dams of Africa. (xlsx) Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), accessed on September 23, 2018 .
  8. ↑ Ibrahim Mamadou, Maman Waziri Mato, Mahaman Nouri Maman Moussa, Moussa Elh Issoufou Assane: Dynamique actuelle et impacts socio-économiques du barrage de Kassama dans la région de Zinder au Niger . In: Revue Ivoirienne des Sciences et Technologie . No. 27 , 2016, ISSN  1813-3290 , p. 105 ( researchgate.net [accessed September 23, 2018]).