Anzourou

Anzourou rural community
Anzourou rural community
Coordinates	14 ° 31 '  N , 1 ° 14'  E Coordinates: 14 ° 31 '  N , 1 ° 14'  E
Basic data
Country	Niger
region	Tillabéri
department	Tillabéri
Residents	31,564 (2010)

Anzourou , also Anzuru , is a rural community in the Tillabéri department in Niger .

geography

The municipality, which consists of 20 administrative villages, three traditional villages and 23 hamlets, is located northwest of the regional capital Tillabéri on the Niger River . From a climatic point of view, it belongs to the Sahel zone . The main town of the rural community is the village of Sarakoira (also: Sara Koira). The neighboring communities are Inatès in the north, Tondikiwindi in the east, Sakoïra in the southeast, Bibiyergou in the southwest, Dessa in the west and Ayérou in the northwest.

history

In the dispute over the leadership of the Songhai Empire , a group of Songhai fled to Anzourou at the end of the 15th century. In this inaccessible area, the Songhai long held their own against outside influences and against attempts by the Gao Empire and the Tuareg to subdue them. In 1899, Anzourou came under French military administration as part of the newly created Sinder district ( cercle de Sinder ) . In 1905 Anzourou became part of the new military territory of Niger ( Territoire militaire du Niger ). Around 1906 there was an uprising of the Songhai against the French colonial rulers near Anzourou, which was suppressed with a strict hand. During a nationwide administrative reform in 2002, the rural community of Anzourou emerged from the canton of Anzourou of the same name . During the hunger crisis in Niger in 2005, Anzourou was one of the hardest hit places. Here the population had less than one meal a day available.

population

At the 2001 census, Anzourou had 23,871 inhabitants. For 2010, 31,564 inhabitants were calculated.

Economy and Infrastructure

The community is located in a zone where agropastoralism is practiced.

literature

• Oumarou Amadou Zaqueye: Analysis de la vulnérabilité à l'insécurité alimentaire des ménages ruraux de la commune rurale d'Anzourou (Niger) . Faculté d'Agronomie, Université Abdou Moumouni de Niamey, Niamey 2012.
• Diouldé Laya : Traditions historiques de l'Anzuru . Center regional de documentation pour la tradition orale, Niamey 1970.

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. ↑ Edmond Séré de Rivières: Histoire du Niger . Berger-Levrault, Paris 1965, p. 69.
4. ↑ Edmond Séré de Rivières: Histoire du Niger . Berger-Levrault, Paris 1965, pp. 234-235.
5. ^ Ruth Schachter Morgenthau: Political parties in French-speaking West Africa . Clarendon Press, Oxford 1967, p. 282.
6. ↑ OCHA : Niger Food Crisis 2005: Humanitarian Situation Report No. 1 ( online version ), published July 26, 2005, accessed January 16, 2012.
7. ^ 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. 56.
8. ^ Comprendre l'économie des ménages ruraux au Niger . Save the Children UK, London 2009 ( online version ( memento of the original from September 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this note. ; PDF; 2.6 MB), p. 8.