Bargouma Dam

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Bargouma Dam
Location: Dakoussa , Niger
Tributaries: Side valley of the Zermou
Drain: Side valley of the Zermou
Bargouma Dam (Niger)
Bargouma Dam
Coordinates 13 ° 56 '34 "  N , 9 ° 4' 34"  E Coordinates: 13 ° 56 '34 "  N , 9 ° 4' 34"  E
Data on the structure
Construction time: 2008
Data on the reservoir
Storage space 400,000 m³

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

Building description

Her name in the official French language is barrage de Bargouma . An alternative spelling to Bargouma is Barégouma .

The Bargouma Dam is located north of the village of Bargouma in the rural municipality of Dakoussa , which is part of the Takeita department in the Zinder region. It dams a side valley of the dry valley Zermou , which flows into the Korama . The reservoir has a volume of 400,000 m³.

The dam is used for agricultural purposes.

history

The Bargouma Dam was built 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 Bakatsiraba dam , the Bani Walki dam , the Goumda Tambari dam , the Kassama dam and the Toumbala dam . The arable land used at the Bargouma Dam grew from two hectares in 2008 to eleven hectares in 2009.

See also

literature

  • Ahidan Moussa Aboubacar: Impacts de barrages de retenue et seuils d'épandage réalisés dans le cadre du projet d'appui au développement dans the region de Zinder. Cas du barrage de Toumbala et du seuil d'épandage de Bargouma . Faculté d'Agronomie, Université Abdou Moumouni de Niamey, Niamey 2009.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Répertoire National des localites (ReNaLoc). (RAR) Institut National de la Statistique de la République du Niger, July 2014, p. 658 , accessed on August 7, 2015 (French).
  2. ↑ a b Dams of Africa. (xlsx) Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), accessed on September 23, 2018 .
  3. ↑ a b Dossier PADAZ: redonner confiance aux producteurs ruraux. In: Niger Diaspora. July 12, 2009, accessed September 23, 2018 (French).
  4. ↑ References. LEGENI SA, 2011, accessed on February 14, 2019 (French).