Balleyara

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Location of Balleyara in Niger

Balleyara (also: Baléyara ) is a small town in Niger . It is the capital of the rural community of Tagazar and the Balleyara department of the same name .

geography

Balleyara is located about 85 kilometers northeast of the Nigerien capital Niamey on the dry valley Dallol Bosso . The urban area is divided into eight district (quarters) divided. Aggou, Château, Jidakamat, OPVN, Tourakou, Zargagadan, Zongo and Zongo II Larger villages around Balleyara are Fandou Mayaki in the northwest, Damana in the Northeast, Tabla in the southeast and Winditane in the southwest.

history

The districts of Aggou and Jidakamat already existed as small hamlets before the city was founded in the 1940s. The place name Balleyara means "small market of Bella ". It goes back to the fact that Jidakamat members of the Bella, black slaves, decided to set up their own market after they were regularly robbed and tortured in existing markets in the region, such as Tabla. The establishment of the market involved elaborate rituals. Sand was brought in from the major trading centers of Kano , Maiduguri and Sokoto and buried at the site of the new market. Highly frequented by Bella from the start, the market developed rapidly and soon resembled that in the large cities of West Africa. Its location was changed several times until the 21st century.

In 1971 an administrative post ( poste administratif ) was set up in Balleyara, a lower administrative unit headed by a chef de poste administratif . A few years later, Balleyara replaced the village of Tabla as the capital of Tagazar. The administrative post of Balleyara was removed from the Filingué department in 2011 and raised to the Balleyara department.

population

At the 2012 census, Balleyara had 16,063 residents who lived in 2,375 households. At the 2001 census, the population was 10,868 in 1,261 households, and at the 1988 census, the population was 6,042 in 1,058 households.

Economy and Infrastructure

The market day in Balleyara is Sunday. The cattle market is one of the most important within the West African Economic and Monetary Union . Mali cattle traders have contributed greatly to its development. The cattle come mainly from the western Nigerien towns of Ouallam , Mangaïzé , Banibangou , Filingué , Mokko , Hamdallaye and Abala . It is often intended for export to Nigeria , Benin , Togo and the Ivory Coast , among others . Other goods traded on the market include spices, rice, noodles, vegetables, cowpeas and millet . The market led to the emergence of a red light district , which in the Zarma language is called fada danfana (“area of ​​the salamander ”).

Balleyara is an important center for growing vegetables. A health center is available with a Center de Santé Intégré (CSI). The anti-slavery organization Timidria has an office in the city. In 2011, under the direction of the sculptor Issoufou Lankondé, Niger's first art school was opened in Balleyara .

National road 25 runs through the city . The section to Niamey was paved in 1983 by a French company. A rehabilitation of the section to Filingué with funds from the European Union was completed in 2019.

literature

  • Aghali Abdoulkader: Le "bien" sécurité dans trois communes (Guidan Roumdji, Balleyara et Say). Des logiques de l'Etat aux logiques locales, ou la diversité d'acteurs . In collaboration with Chaibou Adamou (=  Etudes et Travaux du LASDEL . No. 105 ). LASDEL, Niamey / Parakou February 2013 ( lasdel.net [PDF]).
  • Aïssa Diarra: La prize en charge de l'accouchement dans trois communes au Niger: Say, Balleyara et Guidan Roumji (=  Etudes et Travaux du LASDEL . No. 101 ). LASDEL, Niamey / Parakou April 2012 ( lasdel.net [PDF]).
  • Abdourhamane Djibo Hamani: Association agriculture-élevage dans les exploitations agricoles. Cas des Villages de Jidikamatt et de Wangara in the commune rurale de Tagazar . Faculté d'Agronomie, Université Abdou Moumouni de Niamey, Niamey 2013.
  • Éric Komlavi Hahonou: Le pouvoirs locaux à Balleyara . In: Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan, Mahamam Tidjani Alou (ed.): Le pouvoirs locaux au Niger . Tome 1: À la veille de la decéntralisation. Karthala, Paris 2009.
  • Younoussi Issa: Le service public de l'eau et de l'assainissement à Say, Guidan Roumdji et Balleyara (=  Etudes et Travaux du LASDEL . No. 93 ). LASDEL, Niamey / Parakou October 2011 ( lasdel.net [PDF]).
  • Nana Issaley: Les pouvoirs locaux dans la commune de Balleyara (2) (=  Etudes et Travaux du LASDEL . No. 52 ). LASDEL, Niamey / Parakou March 2006 ( lasdel.net [PDF]).
  • Nana Issaley: Les pouvoirs locaux dans la commune de Balleyara (3) (=  Etudes et Travaux du LASDEL . No. 71 ). LASDEL, Niamey / Parakou December 2008 ( lasdel.net [PDF]).
  • Amadou Oumarou: Le service public de marché à Balleyara, Guidan Roumdji et Say . In collaboration with Amadou Boubacar (=  Etudes et Travaux du LASDEL . No. 90 ). LASDEL, Niamey / Parakou October 2011 ( lasdel.net [PDF]).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b National Repertoire des Localités (ReNaLoc). (RAR) Institut National de la Statistique de la République du Niger, July 2014, p. 415 , accessed on August 7, 2015 (French).
  2. ↑ a b c Amadou Oumarou: Le service public de marché à Balleyara, Guidan Roumdji et Say . In collaboration with Amadou Boubacar (=  Etudes et Travaux du LASDEL . No. 90 ). LASDEL, Niamey / Parakou October 2011, p. 7–8 ( lasdel.net [PDF; accessed October 26, 2019]).
  3. ↑ a b c d Mahamadou Tahirou: Le marché hebdomadaire de bétail de Balleyara: une unité socioéconomique de référence. In: Niger Inter. August 27, 2017, accessed October 26, 2019 (French).
  4. ^ Frédéric Giraut: Retour du refoulé et effet chef-lieu. Analysis d'une refonte politico-administrative virtual au Niger . PRODIG, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-901560-38-5 , pp. 35 ( archives-ouvertes.fr [PDF; accessed January 28, 2014]).
  5. ↑ Eric Komlavi Hahonou: Le pouvoirs locaux à Balleyara . In: Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan, Mahamam Tidjani Alou (ed.): Le pouvoirs locaux au Niger . Tome 1: À la veille de la decéntralisation . Karthala, Paris 2009, ISBN 978-2-8111-0306-4 , pp. 223 .
  6. ↑ Une nouvelle loi sur le redécoupage administratif . In: L'Arbre à Palabres . No. 13 , August 11, 2011, p. 2 ( nigerdiaspora.net [PDF; accessed on January 28, 2014]).
  7. ^ Répertoire National des Communes (RENACOM). (RAR file) Institut National de la Statistique, accessed November 8, 2010 (French).
  8. ↑ 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. 235 ( web.archive.org [PDF; accessed May 4, 2019]).
  9. ↑ a b Amadou Oumarou: Le service public de marché à Balleyara, Guidan Roumdji et Say . In collaboration with Amadou Boubacar (=  Etudes et Travaux du LASDEL . No. 90 ). LASDEL, Niamey / Parakou October 2011, p. 12 and 15 ( lasdel.net [PDF; accessed October 26, 2019]).
  10. ↑ a b Amadou Oumarou: Le service public de marché à Balleyara, Guidan Roumdji et Say . In collaboration with Amadou Boubacar (=  Etudes et Travaux du LASDEL . No. 90 ). LASDEL, Niamey / Parakou October 2011, p. 33 and 50 ( lasdel.net [PDF; accessed October 26, 2019]).
  11. ↑ Younoussi Issa: Le service public de l'eau et de l'assainissement à Say, Guidan Roumdji et Balleyara (=  Etudes et Travaux du LASDEL . No. 93 ). LASDEL, Niamey / Parakou October 2011, p. 49 ( lasdel.net [PDF; accessed October 26, 2019]).
  12. ↑ Aïssa Diarra: La prize en charge de l'accouchement dans trois communes au Niger: Say, Balleyara et Guidan Roumji (=  Etudes et Travaux du LASDEL . No. 101 ). LASDEL, Niamey / Parakou April 2012, p. 18 ( lasdel.net [PDF; accessed October 26, 2019]).
  13. ↑ A. Souley, EK Hahonou: Les associations cantonales dans le Tagazar et le Tondikandia (=  Etudes et Travaux du LASDEL . No. 24 ). LASDEL, Niamey / Parakou March 2004, p. 35 ( lasdel.net [PDF; accessed October 26, 2019]).
  14. ^ O. Ali: Décès de Lankondé Issoufou: Le Niger perd un grand maître de la sculpture. In: Niger Diaspora. January 30, 2014, accessed October 16, 2019 (French).
  15. ↑ Younoussi Issa: Le service public de l'eau et de l'assainissement à Say, Guidan Roumdji et Balleyara (=  Etudes et Travaux du LASDEL . No. 93 ). LASDEL, Niamey / Parakou October 2011, p. 16 and 21 ( lasdel.net [PDF; accessed October 26, 2019]).
  16. ^ Inauguration de la route Balleyara-Filingué réhabilitée sur financement de l'Union Européenne (17 Millions d'Euros). Delegation of the European Union to the Republic of Niger, April 26, 2019, accessed on October 26, 2019 (French).

Coordinates: 13 ° 47 '  N , 2 ° 57'  E