Barmou

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Barmou rural community
Barmou rural community (Niger)
Barmou rural community
Barmou rural community
Coordinates 15 ° 6 ′  N , 5 ° 24 ′  E Coordinates: 15 ° 6 ′  N , 5 ° 24 ′  E
Basic data
Country Niger

region

Tahoua
department Tahoua
ISO 3166-2 NE-5
Residents 43,856 (2012)
politics
mayor Abdoulkarim Hamidou (2004)
Political party PNDS Tarayya

Barmou is a rural municipality in the department of Tahoua in Niger .

geography

Barmou is in the north of the Ader landscape in the Sahel . The neighboring communities are Kao in the north, Kalfou in the east, Tahoua in the south and Affala in the west. There are 28 villages, 23 hamlets and three camps in the municipality. The main town of the rural community is the village of Barmou. Another large village is Toro .

history

The rural community of Barmou was separated from the north-western part of the canton of Kalfou as an independent administrative unit in 2002 as part of a state-wide administrative reform.

population

At the 2012 census, Barmou had 43,856 inhabitants. The population at the 2001 census was 34,987.

politics

In the local elections in July 2004, Abdoulkarim Hamidou ( PNDS-Tarayya ) was elected mayor.

Economy and Infrastructure

The community is located in a zone where agropastoralism is practiced. The weekly market in Barmou benefits from its location between the residential areas of the sedentary and nomadic population. It is the largest cattle market in the country, even before the one in Zinder . The Wodaabe nomads use the Barmou market to supply household goods, fabrics, food and spices.

Personalities

  • Ilguilas Weila (* 1957), abolitionist and founder of the human rights organization Timidria

literature

  • Hassane Sanda Gonda: Vers un développement du maraîchage au Niger. Analysis-diagnostic et typologie des exploitations maraîchères de la vallée de Toro - Commune rurale de Barmou (Tahoua) . Éditions Universitaires Européennes, 2013, ISBN 978-6-13155129-1 (first edition: Faculté d'Agronomie, Université Abdou Moumouni de Niamey, Niamey 2012).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Benedetta Rossi: From Slavery to Aid. Politics, Labor, and Ecology in the Nigerien Sahel, 1800-2000 . Cambridge University Press, New York 2005, ISBN 978-1-107-11905-5 , pp. xviii .
  2. ↑ a b c Répertoire National des Localités (ReNaLoc). (RAR) Institut National de la Statistique de la République du Niger, July 2014, pp. 382–384 , accessed on August 7, 2015 (French).
  3. ^ Republic of Niger: Loi n ° 2002-014 du 11 JUIN 2002 portant création des communes et fixant le nom de leurs chefs-lieux .
  4. ^ Répertoire National des Communes (RENACOM). (RAR file) Institut National de la Statistique, accessed November 8, 2010 (French).
  5. ^ Maires du PNDS. (PDF) PNDS-Tarayya , archived from the original on December 2, 2013 ; accessed on February 14, 2018 (French).
  6. ^ Comprendre l'économie des ménages ruraux au Niger . Save the Children UK, London 2009 ( online version ( memento of the original from September 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this note. ; PDF; 2.6 MB), p. 8. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.savethechildren.org.uk
  7. ^ A b Marguerite Dupire: Peuls nomades: étude descriptive des Wodaabe du Sahel nigérien . Institut d'Ethnologie, Paris 1962, p. 142.
  8. ↑ Abdourahmane Idrissa and Samuel Decalo: Historical Dictionary of Niger . 4th ed., Scarecrow, Plymouth 2012, ISBN 978-0-8108-6094-0 , p. 93.