Birni-N'Konni (Department)

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Department of Birni-N'Konni
Departments in the Tahoua region until 2011
Departments in the Tahoua region until 2011
Basic data
Country Niger
region Tahoua
Seat Birni-N'Konni
Residents 312,886 (2012)
ISO 3166-2 NE-5
politics
prefect Ibrahim Abbalélé

Coordinates: 13 ° 47 '  N , 5 ° 15'  E

Birni-n'konni is a department in the region of Tahoua in Niger .

geography

The department is located in the south of the country and borders Nigeria . It consists of the urban parish of Birni-N'Konni and the rural parishes of Alléla , Bazaga and Tsernaoua . The eponymous capital of the department is Birni-N'Konni. There are two villages with more than 5000 inhabitants according to the 2012 census: Dossey and Massalata .

history

After Niger gained independence in 1960, the national territory was divided into 32 districts ( circonscriptions ). One of them was the Birni-N'Konni district. 1964 an administrative reform divided Niger into seven departments, the predecessors of the later regions, and 32 arrondissements, the predecessors of the later departments. In the course of this, the district of Birni-N'Konni was converted into the arrondissement of Birni-N'Konni.

In 1998, the previous Arrondissements of Niger were elevated to departments, each headed by a prefect appointed by the Council of Ministers. The department has been divided into municipalities since 2002. Before that, it consisted of the urban center Birni-N'Konni and the cantons of Birni-N'Konni and Doguéraoua. In 2011, Malbaza was separated from the Birni-N'Konni department as a separate department.

population

According to the 2012 census, the Birni-N'Konni department has 312,886 inhabitants. In the 2001 census, before the breakaway of Malbaza, the population was 363,176, the 1988 census 253,409 and the 1977 census 175,159.

administration

At the head of the department is a prefect (French: préfet ) who is appointed by the Council of Ministers on the proposal of the Minister of the Interior .

Prefects of the Birni-N'Konni department (selection)
Term of office Surname
...
Apr 15, 2010 - Jun 3, 2011 Alhassane Salou Alpha
Jun 3, 2011 - Sep 7 2011 Mahamadou Abdoulaye
Sep 7 2011 - Sep 6 2013 Adamou Amadou
6 Sep 2013 - Jul 29, 2016 Abass Serkin Abzin
Jul 29, 2016 - Oct 9, 2018 Mounkaïla Sorka
since Oct. 9, 2018 Ibrahim Abbalélé

Web links

Commons : Birni-N'Konni (Departement)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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  15. ^ Réunion du Conseil des ministres du mardi 09 octobre 2018: Plusieurs projets de textes et mesures nominatives adoptés. In: Niger Diaspora. October 10, 2018, accessed October 14, 2018 (French).