Dakoro (Department in Niger)

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Dakoro Department
Departments in the Maradi region until 2011
Departments in the Maradi region until 2011
Basic data
Country Niger
region Maradi
Seat Dakoro
Residents 630,421 (2012)
ISO 3166-2 NE-4
politics
prefect Jaharou Ibrahim

Coordinates: 14 ° 31 '  N , 6 ° 46'  E

Dakoro is a department in the region of Maradi in Niger .

geography

CSI Dakoro , a health center in the capital of the department

The department is located in the south of the country. It consists of the township of Dakoro and the rural communities of Adjékoria , Azagor , Bader Goula , Birni Lallé , Dan-Goulbi , Korahane , Kornaka , Maïyara , Roumbou I , Sabon-Machi and Tagriss . The eponymous capital is Dakoro. The landscape of the department is characterized by pastureland on sandy soil. Two large valleys cross the area from east to west: the Goulbi n'Kaba south of Kornaka and the Tarka valley .

history

After Niger gained independence in 1960, the national territory was divided into 32 districts ( circonscriptions ). One of them was the Dakoro 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 Dakoro district was converted into the Dakoro 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 municipalities since 2002. Before that, it consisted of the urban center Dakoro, the cantons of Birnin Lallé, Bader Goula and Soli Tagris and a residual zone. In 2011, Bermo was separated from the Dakoro Department as a separate department.

population

According to the 2012 census, the Dakoro department has 630,421 inhabitants. In the 2001 census, before the separation of Bermo, there were 435,174 inhabitants, in the 1988 census 256,992 inhabitants and in the 1977 census 179,865 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 Dakoro Department (selection)
Term of office Surname
...
Apr 15, 2010 - Jun 3, 2011 Abdousalam Salifou
Jun 3, 2011 - Jun 25, 2015 Ounteni Kongeoi (aka Ounteni Congeoi)
Jun 25, 2015 - Mar 23 2017 Harou Abas (aka Harou Abass)
since March 23 2017 Jaharou Ibrahim (aka Djafarou Ibrahim, Djaffarou Ibrahim)

literature

  • Ibrahim Jadi Abara: Analysis of the causes de vulnérabilité des éleveurs transhumants dans le département de Dakoro . Faculté d'Agronomie, Université Abdou Moumouni de Niamey, Niamey 2011.

Web links

Commons : Dakoro (department in Niger)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Maradi. (No longer available online.) In: Projet d'Appui au Processus de la Décentralization. Ministère de l'Intérieur, de la Sécurité Publique, de la Décentralization et des Affaires Religieuses, archived from the original on February 2, 2014 ; Retrieved January 28, 2014 (French). 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 / decentralization-niger.org
  2. ↑ Edmond Séré de Rivières: Histoire du Niger . Berger-Levrault, Paris 1965, p. 22 .
  3. ↑ Edmond Séré de Rivières: Histoire du Niger . Berger-Levrault, Paris 1965, p. 19 .
  4. ↑ Edmond Séré de Rivières: Histoire du Niger . Berger-Levrault, Paris 1965, p. 275 .
  5. ↑ Historique de la decentralization. ANIYA. Réseau des collectivités nigériennes et françaises, archived from the original on April 6, 2012 ; Retrieved January 28, 2014 (French).
  6. ↑ Répartition de la Population de la Région de MARADI 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).
  7. ↑ Une nouvelle loi sur le redécoupage administratif . In: L'Arbre à Palabres . No. 13 , August 11, 2011, p. 2 ( nigerdiaspora.net [PDF; accessed on January 28, 2014]).
  8. ↑ Presentation of the résultats globaux définitifs du Quatrième (4ème) Recensement Général de la Population et de l'Habitat (RGP / H) de 2012. (PDF file) Institut National de la Statistique, 2014, accessed on April 21, 2014 (French ).
  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).
  10. ^ Communiqué du conseil des ministres du jeudi 15 avril 2010. In: Niger Diaspora. April 15, 2010, accessed October 14, 2018 (French).
  11. ^ Au Conseil des ministres: le gouvernement adopte plusieurs projets de lois et des mesures nominatives. In: PlaneteAfrique. June 6, 2011, accessed October 14, 2018 (French).
  12. ↑ Au conseil des ministres du 25 June 2015: Deux projets de décret, des mesures nominatives et des communications. In: Niger Diaspora. June 26, 2015, accessed October 14, 2018 (French).
  13. ↑ Le Conseil des Ministres s'est réuni ce jour, jeudi 23 mars 2017, dans la salle habituelle des délibérations, sous la présidence de Son Excellence, Monsieur Issoufou Mahamadou, Président de la République, Président du Conseil des Ministres. In: Agence Nigérienne de Presse (ANP). March 24, 2017, accessed October 14, 2018 (French).