Badaguichiri
| Badaguichiri Rural Community | |||
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| Coordinates | 14 ° 31 ' N , 5 ° 22' E | ||
| Basic data | |||
| Country | Niger | ||
| Tahoua | |||
| department | Illéla | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | NE-5 | ||
| Residents | 115,491 (2012) | ||
| politics | |||
| mayor | Harouna Arzika (2004) | ||
| Political party | PNDS Tarayya | ||
Badaguichiri is a rural community in the Illéla department in Niger .
geography
Badaguichiri is located in the Sahel region in the impassable Ader Doutchi mountain landscape , which is intersected by several valleys such as the Badaguichiri Valley ( vallée de Badaguichiri ) and the Lassa Valley ( vallée de Lassa ). The neighboring communities are Illéla , Bambeye and Kalfou in the northwest, Tamaské in the northeast, Allakaye in the east, Doguérawa in the southeast and Malbaza and Tajaé in the southwest. The municipality is divided into 45 villages and 37 hamlets. The main town of the rural community is Badaguichiri village. Other larger villages are Dindi , Kaoura Abdou , Toubout and Yama .
history
The rural community Badaguichiri emerged as an administrative unit in 2002 from the eastern part of the canton Illéla / Tajaé.
population
At the 2001 census, Badaguichiri had 88,976 residents. At the 2012 census, the population was 115,491. The majority of the population are Hausa , there are also minorities of Fulbe and Tuareg .
politics
In the local elections in July 2004, Harouna Arzika ( PNDS-Tarayya ) was elected mayor. On April 15, 2010, the Council of Ministers appointed Allolo Abdelkader as the Associate Administrator ( Administrateur Délégué ) of the municipality.
Culture and sights
The Great Mosque of Yama is an architecturally significant Friday mosque in the municipality of Badaguichiri. The mosque was built from 1962 according to plans by the architect Falké Barmou . The builder of the mosque was Elhadj Habou, with whom the architect also worked on other projects. Falké Barmou also directed a redesign and expansion of four minarets that took place from 1975 to 1982 . In 1986 the mosque was awarded the Aga Khan Prize for Architecture . It is characterized by a style-forming combination of traditional Hausa architecture with experimental elements. In 2006, the Nigerien Ministry of Culture of the proposed UNESCO inclusion of mosques in the territory of the region of Tahoua in the list of world cultural heritage before and it especially emphasized the cultural significance of the Great Mosque of Yama.
Economy and Infrastructure
In Badaguichiri there is a large cattle market and seven other weekly markets. The economic cornerstones of the rural community are cattle breeding and especially the cultivation of millet, sorghum and black peas . Badaguichiri is located on the paved national road 29 , which connects the place with the regional capital Tahoua in the north and meets the national road 1 in the south in Tsernaoua . The health and school systems are insufficiently developed.
Personalities
- Souley Abdoulaye (* 1956), politician and bank manager, Prime Minister from 1994 to 1995
- Falké Barmou (around 1926–2002), architect
literature
- Ramatoulaye Abdoulaye Ali: Contribution of the groupements Mata Masu Dubara à la résilience climatique dans la commune de Badaguichiri (Tahoua) . Mémoire. Faculté d'Agronomie, Université Abdou Moumouni de Niamey, Niamey 2014.
- Souley Abdou Hassane: Fonctionnement des marchés et commercialisation de bétail dans la région de Tahoua, cas des marchés de Tchintabaraden, Tahoua commune 2, Badaguichiri, Birni Nkonni et Tounfafi . Faculté d'Agronomie, Université Abdou Moumouni de Niamey, Niamey 2013.
- Kader Saidou Saddi: Etat des ouvrages de mobilization des eaux de surface dans les vallées des communes de Badaguichiri, Kalfou, Bambey et arrondissement de Tahoua 1 et 2 . Faculté d'Agronomie, Université Abdou Moumouni de Niamey, Niamey 2017.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Dubois Touraoua: Commune rurale de Badaguichiri. Un center commercial de renom . In: Le Sahel . No. 8155 , July 7, 2011, p. 2 ( nigerdiaspora.info [PDF; accessed on November 23, 2013]). PDF file ( Memento of the original dated August 12, 2011 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.
- ↑ a b National Repertoire des Localités (ReNaLoc). (RAR) Institut National de la Statistique de la République du Niger, July 2014, pp. 342–344 , accessed on August 7, 2015 (French).
- ^ Republic of Niger: Loi n ° 2002-014 du 11 JUIN 2002 portant création des communes et fixant le nom de leurs chefs-lieux .
- ^ 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. 55.
- ↑ 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 May 1, 2014 (French).
- ^ Maires du PNDS. (PDF) (No longer available online.) PNDS-Tarayya , archived from the original on December 2, 2013 ; accessed on February 14, 2018 (French).
- ^ Conseil des ministres du Niger du 15 avril 2010. (No longer available online.) In: Temoust.org. April 16, 2010, archived from the original on April 18, 2010 ; accessed on February 14, 2018 (French).
- ↑ entry to Les mosquées en terre de la région de Tahoua in the Tentative List for World Heritage in French , accessed on 5 March 2012 found.
