Bandé (Niger)
| Rural community of Bandé | |||
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| Coordinates | 13 ° 11 ' N , 8 ° 53' E | ||
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| Country | Niger | ||
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| department | Magaria | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | NE-7 | ||
| Residents | 80,378 (2010) | ||
Bandé is a rural municipality in the department of Magaria in Niger .
geography
Bandé lies at the transition from the large Sudan to the Sahel zone . The neighboring communities are Dogo in the north, Dungass in the east, Dantchiao in the southeast, Magaria in the south, Kwaya in the southwest and Yaouri in the northwest. The municipality is divided into 78 administrative villages, 42 traditional villages, 142 hamlets and five camps. The main town of the rural community is the administrative village of Bandé (also: Bandé Haoussa).
Wadi Korama runs through Bandé . The Forêt classée de Karbala is a 950 hectare protected forest area in the municipality of Bandé. It was placed under protection in 1950.
history
Bandé was like other villages in the area around the place Magaria at the beginning of the 20th century in the British sphere of influence. In 1906, France received control of the region and in 1908 established a canton in Bandé. In 2002, as part of a nationwide administrative reform, the canton of Bandé became the rural community of Bandé.
population
At the 2001 census, Bandé had 59,203 inhabitants. For 2010, 80,378 inhabitants were calculated. In Bandé mainly arable Hausa and the Fulbe who specialize in agropastoralism live .
Economy and Infrastructure
The community is located in the narrow zone along the border with Nigeria , which extends from Tounouga in the west to Malawa in the east and is used in irrigation farming for cash crops . The national road 11 runs through Bandé, which connects the town with the regional capital Zinder in the north and the state border with Nigeria in the south.
literature
- Yaou Mahamadou Aminou: Pratiques paysannes de gestion de la fertilité des sols dans the region de Zinder. Cas du terroir villageois de Bandé . Faculté d'Agronomie, Université Abdou Moumouni de Niamey, Niamey 2008.
- Adamou Nassirou: Gestion de la fertilité des sols dans le système de production à base de céréales niébé-sésame. Cas des Communes de Bandé et de Dan Tchiao (département de Magaria / région de Zinder) . Faculté d'Agronomie, Université Abdou Moumouni de Niamey, Niamey 2007.
- Abdoulkader Gerard Oudou Abdoulaye: Exploitation des cuvettes du canton de Bandé (Magaria). Productions agricoles et contraintes . Faculté d'Agronomie, Université Abdou Moumouni, Niamey 1994.
Individual evidence
- ^ Répertoire National des Communes (RENACOM) . Institut National de la Statistique website, accessed January 22, 2011.
- ↑ Republic of Niger: Loi n ° 2002-014 du 11 JUIN 2002 portant création des communes et fixant le nom de leurs chefs-lieux http://www.case.ibimet.cnr.it/den/Documents/code_rural/cdrom/doc % 20pdf / Loi% 20N% B02002-14% 20cr% E9ation% 20des% 20communes.pdf (link not available)
- ↑ Données disponibles pour chaque forêt classée ( Memento of July 29, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ). Website of the Direction de l'Environnement, Ministère de l'Hydraulique, de l'Environnement et de la Lutte Contre la Désertification, accessed on 25 February 2012.
- ↑ Edmond Séré de Rivières: Histoire du Niger . Berger-Levrault, Paris 1965, p. 250.
- ^ 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. 57.
- ↑ Ministère de l'élevage et des industries animales / République du Niger (ed.): La mobilité pastorale dans la Région de Zinder. Stratégies et dynamisme des sociétés pastorales . Niamey 2009 ( online version ( Memento of July 13, 2010 in the Internet Archive ); PDF; 11.3 MB), pp. 30 and 33.
- ^ Comprendre l'économie des ménages ruraux au Niger . Save the Children UK, London 2009 ( online version ( Memento from September 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive ); PDF; 2.6 MB), p. 8.
