Dakoussa
| Dakoussa rural parish | |||
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| Coordinates | 13 ° 59 ' N , 9 ° 5' E | ||
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| Country | Niger | ||
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| department | Takeita | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | NE-7 | ||
| Residents | 52,608 (2010) | ||
Dakoussa is a rural municipality in the department Takeita in Niger .
geography
Dakoussa is located in the Sahel region . The neighboring communities are Olléléwa in the northwest, Wamé in the northeast, Albarkaram in the east, Gaffati in the southeast, Zinder in the southwest and Tirmini in the west. The municipality is divided into 41 administrative villages, 69 traditional villages and 81 hamlets. The main town of the rural municipality is the administrative village of Dakoussa.
history
The French colonial administration taught early 20th century, a canton in Dakoussa a certain the canton chief of the Sultan of Zinder. In 2002, as part of a nationwide administrative reform, the canton Dakoussa became the rural municipality of Dakoussa. Since 2011, the rural community no longer belongs to the Mirriah department , but to the newly founded Takeita department.
population
At the 2001 census, Dakoussa had 38,746 residents. For the year 2010 52,608 inhabitants were calculated.
Economy and Infrastructure
Dakoussa is in a zone where agropastoralism is practiced. The Bargouma Dam is used for agricultural purposes. National road 11 runs through the rural community between the town of Zinder in the south and the town of Agadez in the north, which is around 420 kilometers away by road . The large administrative village of Aroungouza is located directly on the national road, still in the municipality of Dakoussa.
Individual evidence
- ^ Répertoire National des Communes (RENACOM) . Institut National de la Statistique website, accessed January 22, 2011.
- ^ Republic of Niger: Loi n ° 2002-014 du 11 JUIN 2002 portant création des communes et fixant le nom de leurs chefs-lieux .
- ↑ Edmond Séré de Rivières: Histoire du Niger . Berger-Levrault, Paris 1965, p. 250.
- ↑ 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]).
- ^ 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. 57.
- ^ 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.
- ↑ dossier PADAZ: redonner confiance aux producteurs ruraux. In: Niger Diaspora. July 12, 2009, accessed September 23, 2018 (French).
