Arlit (department)

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Arlit department
Departments in the Agadez region until 2011
Departments in the Agadez region until 2011
Basic data
Country Niger
region Agadez
Seat Arlit
Residents 105,025 (2012)
ISO 3166-2 NE-1
politics
prefect Nafana Nayeldou

Coordinates: 18 ° 44 '  N , 7 ° 23'  E

Arlit is a department in the region of Agadez in Niger .

geography

Uranium mine in Arlit (1985)
Street scene in Arlit (2018)
Street scene in Arlit (2018)

The department is located in the north of the country on the border with Algeria . It consists of the township of Arlit and the rural parishes of Dannet and Gougaram . The eponymous capital of the department is Arlit.

history

The area of ​​the department Arlit originally belonged to the Arrondissement Agadez , created in 1964 , which emerged from a district ( circonscription ) of the same name in the Aïr region. The Arrondissement of Arlit was founded on April 10, 1969. The rest of the Agadez arrondissement was renamed the Tchirozérine arrondissement . In 1998 the previous Arrondissements of Nigers were converted into departments, each headed by a prefect appointed by the Council of Ministers. The department has been divided into municipalities since 2002. Before that, it consisted of the urban center Arlit and a residual zone. In 2011 Iférouane was separated from the Arlit department as a separate department. Until the reorganization of the departments this year, Arlit had an area of ​​216,744 square kilometers.

population

According to the 2012 census, the Arlit department has 105,025 inhabitants. In the 2001 census, before the separation of Iférouane, there were 98,170 inhabitants, in the 1988 census 68,282 inhabitants and in the 1977 census 25,436 inhabitants.

administration

At the head of the department is a prefect (French: préfet ) who is appointed by the Council of Ministers on the proposal of the Minister of the Interior .

Prefects of the Arlit Department (selection)
Term of office Surname
...
May 22, 2008 - Jan. 20, 2009 Issoufou Oumarou
Jan 20, 2009 - Apr 15, 2010 Daouda Ali Hama
Apr 15, 2010 - Jun 3, 2011 Seydou Oumarou
Jun 3, 2011 - Dec 4, 2013 Soumana Sirfi Wonkoye
Dec 4, 2013 - Mar 23 2017 Alat Mogaskia
since March 23 2017 Nafana Nayeldou

Web links

Commons : Arlit (Department)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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  3. ↑ André Jacquemin: La Fiscalité the Local authority du Niger . École Nationale d'Administration, Niamey 1974, p. 2 .
  4. ↑ Historique de la decentralization. ANIYA. Réseau des collectivités nigériennes et françaises, archived from the original on April 6, 2012 ; Retrieved January 28, 2014 (French).
  5. ↑ Répartition de la Population de la Région de AGADEZ par Sexe selon le Département, Canton ou Zone Restante et le Center Urbain. (PDF file) Institut National de la Statistique du Niger, 2001, accessed on January 28, 2014 (French).
  6. ↑ 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]).
  7. ↑ Presentation of the results globaux définitifs du Quatrième (4ème) Recensement Général de la Population et de l'Habitat (RGP / H) de 2012. (PDF file) Institut National de la Statistique, 2014, accessed on April 18, 2014 (French ).
  8. ^ Annuaire statistique des cinquante ans d'indépendance du Niger. (PDF file; 3.1 MB) Institut Nationale de la Statistique du Niger, 2010, p. 49 , accessed on January 27, 2013 (French).
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  10. ↑ Au conseil des ministres: Le gouvernement adopte le projet de loi portant première rectification de la loi de finances pour l'année budgétaire 2009 . In: Le Sahel . January 21, 2009, p. 3 ( nigerdiaspora.net [PDF; accessed October 15, 2018]).
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  13. ↑ Adoption de plusieurs projets de loi et mesures nominatives au conseil des ministres. In: aNiamey.com. December 5, 2013, accessed October 14, 2018 (French).
  14. ^ Le Conseil des Ministres s'est réuni ce jour, jeudi 23 mars 2017, dans la salle habituelle des délibérations, sous la présidence de Son Excellence, Monsieur Issoufou Mahamadou, Président de la République, Président du Conseil des Ministres. In: Agence Nigérienne de Presse (ANP). March 24, 2017, accessed October 14, 2018 (French).