Bakatsiraba dam

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Bakatsiraba dam
Location: Tanout , Niger
Tributaries: Side valley of the Jin Jiri
Drain: Side valley of the Jin Jiri
Bakatsiraba Dam (Niger)
Bakatsiraba dam
Coordinates 14 ° 56'20 "  N , 8 ° 49'11"  E Coordinates: 14 ° 56'20 "  N , 8 ° 49'11"  E
Data on the structure
Construction time: 2007-2008
Data on the reservoir
Storage space 124,000 m³

The Bakatsiraba Dam is a dam in the region of Zinder in Niger .

Building description

Her name in the official French language is barrage de Bakatsiraba . Alternative spellings to Bakatsiraba are Bakasiraba and Bakatchiraba .

The Bakatsiraba dam is located northwest of the village of Bakatsiraba in the area of ​​the municipality of Tanout , which belongs to the Tanout department of the same name in the Zinder region. It dams a side valley of the dry valley Jin Jiri . The reservoir has a volume of 124,000 m³.

The dam is used for irrigation, livestock farming and fishing.

history

Construction of the Bakatsiraba Dam began in the summer of 2007 and was completed in 2008. For the geotechnical supervision and oversight, the company was LEGENI SA from Niamey responsible. It was built as part of an aid project financed by the African Development Bank for agricultural development in the Zinder region. The aid project lasted from January 2003 to June 2009 and cost a total of 6.4 billion CFA francs . In the course of the project, other dams were realized: the Bani Walki dam , the Bargouma dam , the Goumda Tambari dam , the Kassama dam and the Toumbala dam . Livestock areas have been marked around the Bakatsiraba Dam. The arable land near the dam, which is mainly used for growing pumpkins and tomatoes, grew from 1.6 hectares in 2008 to 10.78 hectares in 2009.

See also

literature

  • Mamane Bachir Djibo Moussa: Effet des seuils d'épandage réalisés par le PADAZ sur la sécurité alimentaire des ménages. Cas de Bakatchiraba et Bani Walki (Tanout) . Faculté d'Agronomie, Université Abdou Moumouni de Niamey, Niamey 2010.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Répertoire National des localites (ReNaLoc). (RAR) Institut National de la Statistique de la République du Niger, July 2014, p. 694 , accessed on 7 August 2015 (French).
  2. ↑ a b Dams of Africa. (xlsx) Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), accessed on September 23, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Ibrahim Mamadou, Maman Waziri Mato, Mahaman Nouri Maman Moussa, Moussa Elh Issoufou Assane: Dynamique actuelle et impacts socio-économiques du barrage de Kassama dans la région de Zinder au Niger . In: Revue Ivoirienne des Sciences et Technologie . No. 27 , 2016, ISSN  1813-3290 , p. 105 ( researchgate.net [accessed September 23, 2018]).
  4. ↑ Ibrahim Manzo: Un ministre grossièrement manipulé . In: L'autre Observateur. Hebdomadaire Nigérien Indépendant d'Informations Générales . No. 68 , May 8, 2008, p. 5 ( nigerdiaspora.net [PDF; accessed on September 23, 2018]).
  5. ↑ References. LEGENI SA, 2011, accessed on February 14, 2019 (French).
  6. ↑ dossier PADAZ: redonner confiance aux producteurs ruraux. In: Niger Diaspora. July 12, 2009, accessed September 23, 2018 (French).