Bitinkodji

Bitinkodji rural community
Bitinkodji rural community
Coordinates	13 ° 35 ′  N , 1 ° 58 ′  E Coordinates: 13 ° 35 ′  N , 1 ° 58 ′  E
Basic data
Country	Niger
region	Tillabéri
department	Collo
Residents	20,262 (2010)

Bitinkodji (also Bintinkodji , Bittinkodji ) is a rural municipality in the department of Kollo in Niger .

geography

Mosque in the village of Sarando Béné in the municipality of Bitinkodji (2019)

Bitinkodji is located on the Niger River in the Sahel zone and is a south-western suburb of the Nigerien capital Niamey . The other neighboring communities of Bitinkodjis are Karma in the north, Liboré and Youri in the east, Ouro Guélédjo and Say in the south and Namaro and Torodi in the west. The municipality is divided into 17 administrative villages and 25 hamlets. The main town of the rural community is the village of Saga Fondo.

history

Bitinkodji was separated from the Say canton in 2002 as part of a nationwide administrative reform - like the neighboring rural community Youri - and established as an independent rural community. Since then, Bitinkodji no longer belongs to the Say Department , but to the Kollo Department.

population

At the 2001 census, Bitinkodji had 14,506 residents. For 2010, 20,262 inhabitants were calculated.

Economy and Infrastructure

National Road 4 and Niger River in Bitinkodji Municipality (2019)

Wet rice is grown on the river . The rest of the municipality is in a zone in which rain- fed farming is the predominant form of livelihood. National Road 4 runs through Bitinkodji .

literature

• Mahamadou Kabirou Ibrahim Dan Bariah: Analysis of the opérations de reboisement dans la commune rurale de Bintinkodji (Département de Kollo) . Faculté d'Agronomie, Université Abdou Moumouni de Niamey, Niamey 2013.

Web links

Commons : Bitinkodji  - collection of images, videos and audio files

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. ^ 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. 55.
4. ^ 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.