Dan-Issa

Dan-Issa rural community
Dan-Issa rural community
Coordinates	13 ° 12 '  N , 7 ° 15'  E Coordinates: 13 ° 12 '  N , 7 ° 15'  E
Basic data
Country	Niger
region	Maradi
department	Madarounfa
Residents	94,841 (2012)

Dan-Issa (also: Dan Issa ) is a rural community in the Madarounfa department in Niger .

geography

Dan-Issa is located in the greater Sudan landscape and borders the neighboring state of Nigeria in the south . The neighboring communities in Niger are Madarounfa in the west, Djiratawa in the northwest, Tchadoua in the northeast and Aguié in the east. The municipality is divided into 61 administrative villages, 25 traditional villages and 42 hamlets. The main town of the rural community is the administrative village of Dan-Issa (also: Dan Issa).

history

In 1914, in the village of Dambo, which belongs to Dan-Issa, one of the first customs posts was set up, at which taxes were to be paid for cross-border trade between Niger, then French, and Nigeria, then British . The poorly trained and poorly controlled customs officers came from the ranks of the tirailleurs sénégalais .

The rural community of Dan-Issa emerged as an administrative unit in 2002 as part of a nationwide administrative reform from the eastern part of the canton of Madarounfa.

population

At the 2001 census, Dan-Issa had 54,290 inhabitants. At the 2012 census, the population was 94,841.

politics

Mayor Mahaman Rabé ( RSD-Gaskiya ) was deposed on December 3, 2012 by a vote of no confidence by the local council. The mandate distribution (15 seats) in the municipal council is: RSD-Gaskiya 6, MODEN-FA Lumana Africa 3, PNDS-Tarayya 3, MNSD-Nassara 2 and CDS-Rahama 1 (as of 2012).

Economy and Infrastructure

The community is located in the narrow zone along the border with Nigeria, which stretches from Tounouga in the west to Malawa in the east, in which irrigated fields are used for cash crops . National Road 9 runs through Dan-Issa and connects the town with the regional capital Maradi and the border with Nigeria.

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. ↑ Hassane Gandah Nabi: Commerçants et entrepreneurs du Niger (1922-2006) . L'Harmattan, Paris 2013, ISBN 978-2-336-29136-9 , pp. 43 .
4. ^ 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. 54.
5. ↑ Presentation of the result globaux définitifs du Quatrième (4ème) Recensement Général de la Population et de l'Habitat (RGP / H) de 2012. (PDF) Institut National de la Statistique, 2014, accessed on April 21, 2014 (French). 
6. ↑ Souley Moutari: Governance locale dans la région de Maradi. Le maire de la commune rurale de Dan Issa destitué. In: Tamtaminfo. December 6, 2012, accessed April 21, 2014 (French). 
7. ^ 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.