Assamaka

Assamaka

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Location of Assamaka in Niger

Assamaka (also: Assamakka ) is a village in the municipality of Ingall in Niger .

The border town is in the north of the country in the Talak desert . The opposite border town in Algeria is In Guezzam, about 35 kilometers away . The distance from Assamaka to the community capital Ingall is about 370 kilometers. The closest major city in Niger is Arlit, about 200 kilometers away . Assamaka is located on the so-called Hoggar slope, a trans-Saharan route that is part of the Algiers-Lagos Highway . The sections to Arlit and In Guezzam are not paved. In 1979 the first edition of the Dakar Rally took place via Assamaka.

The place is an important stopover for migrants who often travel to Algeria without valid papers. Nigerians expelled from Algeria are first brought to Assamaka, from where the police organize onward transports to Arlit.

Assamaka in February 1985

Assamaka initially only consisted of a customs post and a military post until a small settlement developed in the mid-1980s with increasing trade between Niger and Algeria. At the 2001 census, the village had 365 inhabitants who lived in 67 households. At the 2012 census, the population was 513 in 103 households.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Julien Brachet: Irrégularité et clandestinité de l'immigration au Maghreb. Cas de l'Algérie et de la Libye . In: Ali Bensaâd (Ed.): Le Maghreb à l'épreuve des migrations subsahariennes. Immigration sur emigration . Karthala, Paris 2009, ISBN 978-2-8111-0164-0 , pp. 120-121 .
^ Gerhard Göttler: Sahara . DuMont, Cologne 2002, p. 346 ff .
↑ Dakar Retrospective 1979–2007. (PDF) Amaury Sport Organization, archived from the original on July 8, 2011 ; accessed on February 14, 2018 (English).
↑ Emmanuel Grégoire: Niger Touaregs. Le destin d'un mythe . 2nd Edition. Karthala, Paris 2010, ISBN 978-2-8111-0352-1 , pp. 171 .
^ Répertoire National des Communes (RENACOM). (RAR file) Institut National de la Statistique, accessed November 8, 2010 (French).
↑ Répertoire National des localites (ReNaLoc). (RAR) Institut National de la Statistique de la République du Niger, July 2014, p. 15 , accessed on 7 August 2015 (French).

[Brachet_120_121-1] Julien Brachet: Irrégularité et clandestinité de l'immigration au Maghreb. Cas de l'Algérie et de la Libye . In: Ali Bensaâd (Ed.): Le Maghreb à l'épreuve des migrations subsahariennes. Immigration sur emigration . Karthala, Paris 2009, ISBN 978-2-8111-0164-0 , pp. 120-121 .

[2] Gerhard Göttler: Sahara . DuMont, Cologne 2002, p. 346 ff .

[3] Dakar Retrospective 1979–2007. (PDF) Amaury Sport Organization, archived from the original on July 8, 2011 ; accessed on February 14, 2018 (English).

[4] Emmanuel Grégoire: Niger Touaregs. Le destin d'un mythe . 2nd Edition. Karthala, Paris 2010, ISBN 978-2-8111-0352-1 , pp. 171 .

[5] Répertoire National des Communes (RENACOM). (RAR file) Institut National de la Statistique, accessed November 8, 2010 (French).

[6] Répertoire National des localites (ReNaLoc). (RAR) Institut National de la Statistique de la République du Niger, July 2014, p. 15 , accessed on 7 August 2015 (French).