Corniche Yantala

District; Corniche Yantala
Coordinates	13 ° 31 ' N , 2 ° 5' E Coordinates: 13 ° 31 ' N , 2 ° 5' E
Basic data
Country	Niger
Capital District	Niamey
Arrondissement	Niamey I
ISO 3166-2	NE-8
Residents	2617 (2012)

Corniche Yantala is a district ( French : quartier ) in the Arrondissement Niamey I of the city of Niamey in Niger .

geography

Corniche Yantala is located on the left bank of the Niger River in Niamey city center. The French word corniche means a road above a coast. Yantala is a district of Niameys located northwest of Corniche Yantala. Other surrounding neighborhoods include Château 1 in the north and Kombo in the east. The north of the district is in a table land with a sand layer more than 2.5 meters deep, which allows better infiltration than in other parts of the city. The shore zone in the south, on the other hand, consists of an alluvial soil with a high groundwater level that does not allow infiltration.

history

The Corniche Yantala coastal road was so named on May 13, 1973 when dozen other roads were named in Niamey.

population

At the 2012 census, Corniche Yantala had 2,617 inhabitants who lived in 452 households.

Economy and Infrastructure

Vegetables are grown in the district, including batavia lettuce . The vegetable growers at Corniche Yantala work together in a cooperative . The quarter also has an important landing stage for fishing on the Niger.

literature

Yacouba Idrissa Gaya: Entomofaune nuisible des arbres fruitiers (manguiers, goyaviers et citronniers) dans la communauté urbaine de Niamey. Cas de la Corniche Yantala de Niamey . Faculté d'Agronomie, Université Abdou Moumouni de Niamey, Niamey 2012.
Tahirou Hassane Yaou: Essai d'analysis des risques liés aux mouvements de masse dans la région de Niamey. Cas de la corniche de Yantala . Mémoire. Université Abdou Moumouni de Niamey, Niamey 2014.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b National Repertoire des Localités (ReNaLoc). (RAR) Institut National de la Statistique de la République du Niger, July 2014, p. 715 , accessed on August 7, 2015 (French).
↑ Hamadou Issaka, Dominique Badariotti: Les inondations à Niamey, enjeux autour d'un phenomène complexe . In: Cahiers d'Outre-Mer . No. 263 , September 2013, p. 384 ( journals.openedition.org [accessed April 21, 2019]).
^ François Martin: Le Niger du Président Diori. Chronology 1960–1974 . L'Harmattan, Paris 1991, ISBN 2-7384-0952-0 , pp. 347-348 .
↑ Mariama Iboune: Diagnostic des pépiniéristes maraîchers dans la Communauté Urbaine de Niamey. (PDF) Chambre Régionale d'Agriculture de Niamey, March 2018, pp. 2 and 4 , accessed on May 2, 2019 (French).
↑ Information on the management of the pêches in the Republic of Niger. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, January 2004, accessed April 26, 2019 .

[ReNaLoc-1] National Repertoire des Localités (ReNaLoc). (RAR) Institut National de la Statistique de la République du Niger, July 2014, p. 715 , accessed on August 7, 2015 (French).

[2] Hamadou Issaka, Dominique Badariotti: Les inondations à Niamey, enjeux autour d'un phenomène complexe . In: Cahiers d'Outre-Mer . No. 263 , September 2013, p. 384 ( journals.openedition.org [accessed April 21, 2019]).

[3] François Martin: Le Niger du Président Diori. Chronology 1960–1974 . L'Harmattan, Paris 1991, ISBN 2-7384-0952-0 , pp. 347-348 .

[4] Mariama Iboune: Diagnostic des pépiniéristes maraîchers dans la Communauté Urbaine de Niamey. (PDF) Chambre Régionale d'Agriculture de Niamey, March 2018, pp. 2 and 4 , accessed on May 2, 2019 (French).

[5] Information on the management of the pêches in the Republic of Niger. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, January 2004, accessed April 26, 2019 .