Birni Ader

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Location of Birni Ader in Niger

Birni Ader (also: Birnin Adar , Birni n'Ader and Birnin Ader , short: Birni ) is a village in the rural municipality of Garhanga in Niger .

The village, led by a traditional chief ( chef traditionnel ), is located around ten kilometers northwest of Garhanga, the capital of the rural community of the same name, which belongs to the Keita department in the Tahoua region. It is located in the center of the Ader Doutchi mountain range . The nearest city is Keita, about 16 kilometers away as the crow flies .

After the conquest of the province of Ader by the Sultanate of Aïr in 1674, Birni Ader was the capital of the province and the seat of the serki n'Ader , governor of the Sultan of Aïr. The Hausa word Birni means "walled city" or "capital". At the beginning of the 19th century, Illéla Birni replaced Ader as the capital.

At the 2012 census, Birni Ader had 2,437 inhabitants who lived in 368 households. At the 2001 census, the population was 1,836 in 267 households, and at the 1988 census, the population was 1,248 in 207 households.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Répertoire National des Localités (ReNaLoc). (RAR) Institut National de la Statistique de la République du Niger, July 2014, p. 348 , accessed on 7 August 2015 (French).
  2. ↑ M. Bocquier, M. Gavaud: République du Niger. Carte Pedologique de la Région de l'Ader Doutchi. Localization des observations Pédologiques. ORSTOM, Paris ( esdac.jrc.ec.europa.eu [accessed September 30, 2018]).
  3. ^ A b Edmond Séré de Rivières: Histoire du Niger . Berger-Levrault, Paris 1965, p. 163 and 165 .
  4. ^ Roberta Ann Dunbar: Slavery and the Evolution of Nineteenth-Century Damagaram (Zinder, Niger) . In: Suzanne Miers, Igor Kopytoff (Ed.): Slavery in Africa. Historical and Anthropological Perspectives . The University of Wisconsin Press, Madison / London 1977, ISBN 0-299-07330-0 , pp. 161 and 175 .
  5. ^ Répertoire National des Communes (RENACOM). (RAR file) Institut National de la Statistique, accessed November 8, 2010 (French).
  6. ↑ Recensement Général de la Population 1988: Répertoire National des Villages du Niger . Bureau Central de Recensement, Ministère du Plan, République du Niger, Niamey March 1991, p. 313 ( ceped.org [PDF; accessed January 31, 2018]). www.ceped.org ( Memento of the original dated January 31, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ceped.org

Coordinates: 14 ° 37 '  N , 5 ° 41'  E