Bakin Birgi

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Location of Bakin Birgi in Niger

Bakin Birgi (also Bakinbirgi , Bakin Birji , Bakinbirji ) is a village in the rural community of Olléléwa in Niger .

The village, led by a traditional chief ( chef traditionnel ), is located in the Damergou countryside, which is mainly inhabited by Hausa . The national road 11 runs through Bakin Birgi and leads north to the village of Sabon Kafi after around 43 kilometers and the town of Tanout after around 87 kilometers . Heading south leads to the national road 11 to the city of Zinder, which is almost 50 kilometers away by road . Bakin Birki is part of the rural community of Olléléwa in the Tanout department in the Zinder region .

At the 2012 census, Bakin Birgi had 6,702 inhabitants who lived in 1,026 households. At the 2001 census, the population was 5,456 in 953 households, and at the 1988 census, the population was 3,936 in 791 households.

There is an important cattle market in the village. Attached to it is a market for grain and various other goods. The market day is Monday. A health center including a maternity ward is available for the population. About six kilometers south of Bakin Birgi there is an oil refinery of the Société de Raffinage de Zinder (SORAZ). In 2008, President Mamadou Tandja laid the foundation stone for the refinery . It went into operation on November 28, 2011 and has a production capacity of one megaton per year. This is where the oil extracted from Agadem is processed.

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ Emmanuel Grégoire: Niger Touaregs. Le destin d'un mythe . 2nd Edition. Karthala, Paris 2010, ISBN 978-2-8111-0352-1 , pp. 98 .
  3. ^ Répertoire National des Communes (RENACOM). (RAR file) Institut National de la Statistique, accessed November 8, 2010 (French).
  4. ↑ Recensement Général de la Population 1988: Répertoire National des Villages du Niger . Bureau Central de Recensement, Ministère du Plan, République du Niger, Niamey March 1991, p. 427 ( ceped.org [PDF; accessed January 31, 2018]). www.ceped.org ( Memento of the original dated January 31, 2018 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.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ceped.org
  5. ^ Mahamadou Saley, Yatta Paul Maurice Mohamed: Projet Régional d'Appui au Pastoralisme au Sahel (PRAPS). Etude diagnostique des Systèmes d'Information sur les marchés à bétail du Burkina Faso, du Mali, de la Mauritanie, du Niger, du Sénégal et du Tchad. Définitif report. (PDF) CILSS , November 2016, accessed on May 5, 2018 (French).
  6. ↑ Mahamane Tahirou Ali Bako: La crise alimentaire à Olléléwa, 2004–2005 (=  Etudes et Travaux du LASDEL . No. 67 ). LASDEL, Niamey / Parakou December 2006, p. 6 and 33 ( lasdel.net [PDF; accessed on May 5, 2018]).
  7. ↑ a b Raffinerie de Zinder. In: Europétrole. Retrieved May 5, 2018 (French).
  8. ^ A b Jean-Paul Labourdette, Dominique Auzias: Niger 2009 . Nouvelle édition de l'Université, Paris 2009, ISBN 2-7469-1640-1 , pp. 154 .
  9. ^ Sido Yacouba: Raffinerie de Zinder: un impact palpable sur la vie quotidienne des populations. In: Niger Diaspora. November 9, 2012, accessed May 5, 2018 (French).

Coordinates: 14 ° 15 '  N , 8 ° 48'  E