Bermo (Niger)

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Rural municipality of Bermo
Bermo rural community (Niger)
Rural municipality of Bermo
Rural municipality of Bermo
Coordinates 15 ° 9 ′  N , 6 ° 49 ′  E Coordinates: 15 ° 9 ′  N , 6 ° 49 ′  E
Basic data
Country Niger

region

Maradi
department Bermo
ISO 3166-2 NE-4
Residents 30,761 (2012)

Bermo is a rural municipality and the capital of the Bermo department of the same name in Niger .

geography

Bermo is located in the Sahel region . The neighboring communities are Ingall in the north, Gadabédji in the east, Azagor , Birni Lallé and Roumbou I in the south and Azèye and Tamaya in the west. The municipality is divided into 17 administrative villages, two camps and 95 water points. The main town of the rural municipality is the administrative village of Bermo. The vegetation is characterized by marula trees , oschers , umbrella acacias and desert dates.

history

In 1988 an administrative post ( poste administratif ) was set up in Bermo, a lower administrative unit headed by a chef de poste administratif . The rural community of Bermo was established as an administrative unit in 2002 as part of a nationwide administrative reform in a previously community-free area in the north of the Dakoro department . The administrative post of Bermo was removed from the Dakoro department in 2011 and raised to the Bermo department.

population

At the 2001 census, Bermo had 14,076 inhabitants. At the 2012 census, the population was 30,761. Members of the Fulbe subgroups Wodaabe and Kassawsawa, the Tuareg subgroup Keltamerkest as well as Hausa and Arabs live in Bermo .

Culture

There is a small Roman Catholic parish in Bermo , which was founded in 1963 and belongs to the Maradi diocese .

Economy and Infrastructure

The parish is located at the transition from the agropastoral zone of the south to the area of ​​pure grazing in the north. It attracts transhumant ranchers from the regions of Agadez , Tahoua and Zinder and from northern Nigeria . There are three cattle markets, including one in the main town of Bermo, which compete with the Sakkabal market in the neighboring community of Roumbou I. In addition to cattle breeding and trade, the handicrafts carried out by the Fulbe and Tuareg are of economic importance. Among other things, jewelry, camel saddles, swords and knives are produced, which are mainly sold in the departmental capital Dakoro . There is a local radio communautaire in Bermo .

literature

  • Amadou Oumarou: La délivrance des services publics dans la commune rurale de Bermo (=  Etudes et Travaux du LASDEL . No. 88 ). LASDEL, Niamey / Parakou June 2011 ( lasdel.net [PDF]).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Répertoire National des Communes (RENACOM) . Institut National de la Statistique website, accessed January 22, 2011.
  2. ^ Republic of Niger: Loi n ° 2002-014 du 11 JUIN 2002 portant création des communes et fixant le nom de leurs chefs-lieux .
  3. ↑ a b c Amadou Oumarou: La délivrance des services publics dans la commune rurale de Bermo (=  Etudes et Travaux du LASDEL . No. 88 ). LASDEL, Niamey / Parakou June 2011, p. 10 ( lasdel.net [PDF; accessed April 26, 2018]).
  4. ^ Frédéric Giraut: Retour du refoulé et effet chef-lieu. Analysis d'une refonte politico-administrative virtual au Niger . PRODIG, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-901560-38-5 , pp. 35 ( archives-ouvertes.fr [PDF; accessed August 17, 2013]).
  5. ↑ Une nouvelle loi sur le redécoupage administratif . In: L'Arbre à Palabres . No. 13 , August 11, 2011, p. 2 ( nigerdiaspora.net [PDF; accessed on January 28, 2014]).
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ↑ Presentation of the résultats globaux définitifs du Quatrième (4ème) Recensement Général de la Population et de l'Habitat (RGP / H) de 2012. (PDF file) Institut National de la Statistique, 2014, accessed on April 21, 2014 (French ).
  8. ↑ Puits de Bermo. Eglise Catholique au Niger, accessed July 1, 2015 (French).
  9. ^ 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
  10. ↑ Amadou Oumarou: La délivrance des services publics dans la commune rurale de Bermo (=  Etudes et Travaux du LASDEL . No. 88 ). LASDEL, Niamey / Parakou June 2011, p. 13–14 ( lasdel.net [PDF; accessed April 26, 2018]).
  11. ↑ La situation de la communication pour le développement au Niger (Etat des lieux). Tome 1. (PDF file; 461 kB) Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2003, p. 138 , accessed on November 1, 2019 (French).