Azagor

Rural Municipality of Azagor
Rural Municipality of Azagor
Coordinates	14 ° 39 ′  N , 6 ° 54 ′  E Coordinates: 14 ° 39 ′  N , 6 ° 54 ′  E
Basic data
Country	Niger
region	Maradi
department	Dakoro
Residents	5565 (2012)

Azagor is a rural municipality in the department of Dakoro in Niger .

geography

Azagor is located in part of the Tarka Valley in the Sahel region . The neighboring municipalities are Bermo in the north, Roumbou I in the east, Birni Lallé in the southeast and west and the city of Dakoro in the southwest. The municipality is divided into four administrative villages, four traditional villages, four hamlets and nine water points. The main town of the rural parish is the village of Azagor.

history

In the school year 1947/1948, the then French administration set up a nomad school in Azagor. The rural community of Azagor was created as an administrative unit in 2002 as part of a nationwide administrative reform from part of the canton of Birni Lallé.

population

At the 2001 census, Azagor had 3,635 inhabitants. At the 2012 census, the population was 5,565. Azagor is the capital of the Tuareg subgroup Kel Gress. In addition to the Tuareg, Hausa and Fulbe live in the community.

Economy and Infrastructure

The community is located in a zone where agropastoralism is practiced. The poor climatic conditions make agricultural activities difficult. There is no market in the municipality, which is a disadvantage for economic development. As part of the 1995 peace agreement between the Tuareg and the central government in Niamey , infrastructure facilities such as a school, a health center, a granary and a cattle vaccination station were created in the main town.

literature

• Pierre Bonte: Production et échanges chez les Touareg Kel Gress du Niger . Thèse de 3 ° cycle. Institut d'Ethnologie, Paris 1970.
• Abdoulaye Mohamadou: Les pouvoirs locaux à Birnin Lalle (=  Etudes et Travaux du LASDEL . No. 16 ). LASDEL, Niamey / Parakou December 2003 ( lasdel.net [PDF]).
• Abdoulaye Mohamadou: Les communes du canton de Birnin Lallé (an 2) (=  Etudes et Travaux du LASDEL . No. 56 ). LASDEL, Niamey / Parakou May 2006 ( lasdel.net [PDF]).
• Abdoulaye Mohamadou: Les communes du canton de Birnin Lallé (3) (=  Etudes et Travaux du LASDEL . No. 72 ). LASDEL, Niamey / Parakou December 2008 ( lasdel.net [PDF]).

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. ↑ ^{a b} Abdoulaye Mohamadou: Observatoire de la décentralization au Niger (enquêtes de suivi 2004–2005): Les communes du canton de Birnin Lallé (an 2) (=  Etudes et Travaux . No. 56 ). Laboratoire d'études et recherches sur les dynamiques sociales et le développement local, Niamey / Parakou May 2006, p. 9 and 11 ( izf.net [PDF; accessed September 25, 2017]).
4. ^ 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. 54.
5. ↑ Presentation of the result globaux définitifs du Quatrième (4ème) Recensement Général de la Population et de l'Habitat (RGP / H) de 2012. (PDF) Institut National de la Statistique, 2014, accessed on April 21, 2014 (French). 
6. ↑ ^{a b} Abdoulaye Mohamadou: Decentralization et pouvoir local au Niger . International Institute for Environment and Development, London 2009, ISBN 978-1-84369-726-8 , p. 13.
7. ↑ ^{a b} Presentation de la commune d'Azagor. (No longer available online.) ANIYA Coopération Décentralisée Niger-France, formerly in the original ; Retrieved August 17, 2012 (French).  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
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.