Bengou

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Bengou rural community
Bengou rural community (Niger)
Bengou rural community
Bengou rural community
Coordinates 11 ° 59 ′  N , 3 ° 35 ′  E Coordinates: 11 ° 59 ′  N , 3 ° 35 ′  E
Basic data
Country Niger

region

Dosso
department Gaya
ISO 3166-2 NE-3
Residents 18,469 (2012)

Bengou (German outdated: Bengu ) is a rural community in the Gaya department in Niger .

geography

Bengou is located in the Dendi landscape and in the Sudan landscape and borders the neighboring state of Nigeria in the east . The neighboring communities in Niger are Bana in the northwest and Gaya in the southwest. The municipality is divided into six administrative villages and eleven traditional villages. The main town of the rural community is the administrative village of Bengou. The 12th north latitude runs along the northern edge of the main town .

The large, periodically water-bearing dry valley Dallol Maouri runs through the municipality in a north-south direction .

history

During the French colonial period in the first third of the 20th century, Bengou initially formed its own canton . However, this was dissolved in the 1930s and its area joined the Canton of Bana. The subordination of Bengou to the traditional chiefs of Bana led to a series of conflicts between the two places. In the course of a nationwide administrative reform in 2002, Bengou was again detached from Bana as an independent rural community.

population

At the 2001 census, Bengou had 13,452 inhabitants. At the 2012 census, the population was 18,469. The population of Bengou is of different ethnic origins, including the Fulbe , Hausa , Kanuri and Zarma . The dominant language and culture is that of the Hausa. A significant group of Tyenga live in the main town .

Economy and Infrastructure

There is a weekly market in Bengou. The market day is Friday. 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 comparatively favorable climatic conditions for Niger allow the high-yield cultivation of vegetables, sugar cane, mangoes and sweet potatoes. Bengou has two elementary schools and one middle school, an infirmary and agricultural service facilities.

literature

  • Adamou Moumouni: Les pouvoirs locaux à Bana et Bengou (2) (=  Etudes et Travaux du LASDEL . No. 47 ). LASDEL, Niamey / Parakou March 2006 ( lasdel.net [PDF]).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Heinrich Barth: Travels and discoveries in North and Central Africa . Fourth volume. Justus Perthes, Gotha 1858, p. 232 .
  2. ↑ Olivier Walther: Sons of the Soil and Conquerors Who Came on Foot: The Historical Evolution of a West African Border Region . In: African Studies Quarterly . Vol. 13, No. 1 & 2 , 2012, p. 77 ( sites.clas.ufl.edu [PDF; accessed November 4, 2018]).
  3. ^ Répertoire National des Communes (RENACOM) . Institut National de la Statistique website, accessed January 22, 2011.
  4. ^ Republic of Niger: Loi n ° 2002-014 du 11 JUIN 2002 portant création des communes et fixant le nom de leurs chefs-lieux .
  5. ↑ M. Tiepolo, M. Ali, M. Bacci, S. Braccio, H. Issa, AZ Oumarou: Analyze du risque d'inondation dans les communes de la Région de Dosso au Niger, 1998-2016. (PDF) Projet ANADIA 2.0, report no. 5. Agence Italienne pour la Coopération au Développement, 2018, p. 10 , accessed on April 26, 2018 (French).
  6. ^ Adamou Moumouni: Le pouvoirs locaux à Bana . 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 , p. 357.
  7. ^ 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. 54.
  8. ↑ 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 April 21, 2014 (French).
  9. ^ Adamou Moumouni: Le pouvoirs locaux à Bana . 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 , p. 355.
  10. ^ Ross McCallum Jones: Preliminary report on the Kyanga and Shanga. (PDF) July 2010, p. 5 , accessed on November 4, 2018 (English).
  11. ↑ Olivier Walther: Affaires de patrons. Villes et commerce transfrontalier au Sahel . Peter Lang, Bern 2008, ISBN 978-3-03911-468-9 , p. 193.
  12. ^ 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
  13. ^ Adamou Moumouni: Le pouvoirs locaux à Bana . 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 , p. 363.