Amdit
| Quartier d'Amdit Amdit district |
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|---|---|
| Coordinates | 16 ° 58 ′ N , 7 ° 59 ′ E |
| Basic data | |
| Country | Niger |
| Agadez | |
| department | Tchirozérine |
| ISO 3166-2 | NE-1 |
| Borough | Agadez |
| Residents | 685 (2012) |
Amdit is a district of Agadez in Niger .
Amdit is one of eleven historic area of the UNESCO World Heritage counting old town of Agadez , in the West it is. The adjacent old town quarters are Katanga in the north and Obitara in the south.
Historically, it is the district of the Tuareg group Igdalen. Their relatives dug the Tesko well, one of the oldest in Agadez. The population is subordinate to the Gonto von Amdit, a traditional mayor who acts as a middleman between the Sultan of Agadez and the residents.
The annual Mouloud celebration in honor of the Prophet Mohammed is celebrated in Agadez according to a constant scheme in different locations. The Malam Ousseini mosque and the Koran school in Amdid are the centers of the celebrations on the tenth day of the month of Rabīʿ al-awwal . Another attraction in the district is the Tendé Mosque.
At the 2012 census, Amdit had 685 residents who lived in 113 households. At the 1988 census, the population was 1649 in 276 households.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Agadez. Plan de Gestion du center historique, 2012–2018. (PDF) Ministère de la Jeunesse, des Sports et de la Culture, January 2012, pp. 17–18 , accessed on January 30, 2018 (French).
- ↑ Aboubacar Adamou: Agadez et sa Région (= Études Nigériennes . No. 44 ). Pr. De Copédith, Paris 1979, p. 141 .
- ↑ Vanessa Fanjul Marlé: Inventaires communautaires: Boubon, Agadez et pratique de l'Habbanaé. (PDF) Gouvernement du Niger / UNESCO, 2016, p. 43 , accessed on February 4, 2018 (French).
- ↑ Répertoire National des localites (ReNaLoc). (RAR) Institut National de la Statistique de la République du Niger, July 2014, p. 18 , accessed on 7 August 2015 (French).
- ↑ Recensement Général de la Population 1988: Répertoire National des Villages du Niger . Bureau Central de Recensement, Ministère du Plan, République du Niger, Niamey March 1991, p. 25 ( ceped.org [PDF; accessed January 31, 2018]). www.ceped.org ( Memento of the original dated January 31, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
