Bazaga
| Bazaga rural parish | |||
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| Coordinates | 13 ° 48 ' N , 5 ° 5' E | ||
| Basic data | |||
| Country | Niger | ||
| Tahoua | |||
| department | Birni-N'Konni | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | NE-5 | ||
| Residents | 37,571 (2012) | ||
| politics | |||
| mayor | Mamane Garba (2004) | ||
| Political party | PNDS Tarayya | ||
Bazaga (also: Bagaza ) is a rural community in the Birni-N'Konni department in Niger .
geography
Bazaga is located in the greater Sudan landscape and borders the neighboring state of Nigeria in the south . The neighboring communities in Niger are Alléla in the west and north and Birni-N'Konni in the east. The municipality is divided into 26 administrative villages and 15 hamlets. The main town of the rural community is the administrative village of Bazaga (also: Bagaza).
history
The rural community of Bazaga emerged as an administrative unit in 2002 as part of a nationwide administrative reform from part of the canton of Birni-N'Konni.
population
At the 2001 census, Bazaga had 26,085 residents. At the 2012 census, the population was 37,571.
politics
In the local elections in July 2004, Mamane Garba ( PNDS-Tarayya ) was elected mayor.
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 . National Road 1 runs through Bazaga and is part of the international Dakar-N'Djamena Highway .
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 .
- ^ Institut Nationale de la Statistique du Niger (ed.): Annuaire statistique des cinquante ans d'indépendance du Niger . Niamey 2010 ( online version (PDF file; 2.99 MB)), p. 55.
- ↑ Presentation of the result globaux définitifs du Quatrième (4ème) Recensement Général de la Population et de l'Habitat (RGP / H) de 2012. (PDF) Institut National de la Statistique, 2014, accessed on May 1, 2014 (French).
- ^ Maires du PNDS. (PDF) PNDS-Tarayya , archived from the original on December 2, 2013 ; accessed on February 14, 2018 (French).
- ^ 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.
