Bouza (department)

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Bouza department
Departments in the Tahoua region until 2011
Departments in the Tahoua region until 2011
Basic data
Country Niger
region Tahoua
Seat Bouza
surface 3777 km²
Residents 445,363 (2012)
density 118 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2 NE-5
politics
prefect Sahabi Assoumane

Coordinates: 14 ° 25 '  N , 6 ° 3'  E

Bouza is a department in the region of Tahoua in Niger .

geography

The department is located in the south of the country. It consists of the urban parish of Bouza and the rural parishes of Allakaye , Babankatami , Déoulé , Karofane , Tabotaki, and Tama . The eponymous capital of the department is Bouza.

There are seven villages with more than 5000 inhabitants according to the 2012 census:

The Tarka Valley runs through the department .

history

After Niger gained independence in 1960, the national territory was divided into 32 districts ( circonscriptions ). One of them was the Bouza 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 Bouza district was converted into the Bouza arrondissement.

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 communes since 2002. Before that, it consisted of the urban center of Bouza and the cantons of Bouza and Déoulé.

population

According to the 2012 census, the Bouza department has 445,363 inhabitants. In the 2001 census it was 277,782 inhabitants, in the 1988 census 180,714 inhabitants and in the 1977 census 142,061 inhabitants.

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 Department of Bouza (selection)
Term of office Surname
...
Apr 15, 2010 - Jun 3, 2011 Djibo Mamoudou
Jun 3, 2011 - Dec 4, 2013 Abdallah Illias
Dec 4, 2013 - Jul 29, 2016 Illa Sanoussi
Jul 29, 2016 - Oct 9, 2018 Saley Djigo
since Oct. 9, 2018 Sahabi Assoumane

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ Répertoire National des localites (ReNaLoc). (RAR) Institut National de la Statistique de la République du Niger, July 2014, pp. 332–342 , accessed on August 7, 2015 (French).
  3. ↑ Moustapha Hiya Maidawa: Enjeux Fonciers et stratégies d'acteurs dans la moyenne vallée de la Tarka (Dakoro / Niger) . Mémoire. Université Abdou Moumouni de Niamey, Niamey 2011, p. 21 ( memoireonline.com [accessed September 18, 2018]).
  4. ↑ Edmond Séré de Rivières: Histoire du Niger . Berger-Levrault, Paris 1965, p. 19 .
  5. ↑ Edmond Séré de Rivières: Histoire du Niger . Berger-Levrault, Paris 1965, p. 275 .
  6. ↑ Historique de la decentralization. ANIYA. Réseau des collectivités nigériennes et françaises, archived from the original on April 6, 2012 ; Retrieved January 28, 2014 (French).
  7. ^ Répartition de la Population de la Région de TAHOUA par Sexe selon le Département, Canton ou Zone Restante et le Center Urbain. (PDF file) Institut National de la Statistique du Niger, 2001, accessed on January 28, 2014 (French).
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  9. ^ Annuaire statistique des cinquante ans d'indépendance du Niger. (PDF file; 3.1 MB) Institut Nationale de la Statistique du Niger, 2010, p. 49 , accessed on January 27, 2013 (French).
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  13. ↑ Communiqué du Conseil des ministres du vendredi 29 June 2016. In: Tamtam Info. August 1, 2016, accessed October 14, 2018 (French).
  14. ^ 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).