Dan Kassari
| Dan-Kassari rural community | |||
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| Coordinates | 13 ° 43 ' N , 4 ° 23' E | ||
| Basic data | |||
| Country | Niger | ||
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| department | Dogondoutchi | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | NE-3 | ||
| Residents | 78,132 (2012) | ||
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| mayor | Oumarou Roho (2004) | ||
| Political party | PNDS Tarayya | ||
Dan-Kassari (also: Dan Kassari , Dankassari ) is a rural community in the Dogondoutchi department in Niger .
geography
Dan-Kassari lies at the transition from the Sahel to the Sudan landscape and borders the neighboring state of Nigeria in the southeast . The neighboring communities in Niger are Dogonkiria in the north, Alléla in the east and Dogondoutchi , Kiéché and Matankari in the west. The municipality is divided into 18 administrative villages, 110 traditional villages and 16 hamlets. The main town of the rural community is the administrative village of Dan-Kassari.
history
The rural community of Dan-Kassari emerged as an administrative unit in 2002 as part of a nationwide administrative reform in the south-eastern part of the Dogondoutchi canton.
population
At the 2001 census, Dan-Kassari had 53,967 residents. At the 2012 census, the population was 78,132.
politics
In the local elections in July 2004, Oumarou Roho ( PNDS-Tarayya ) was elected mayor.
Culture and sights
In the administrative village of Lougou in the municipality of Dan-Kassari is the residence of the Sarraounia , a traditional ruler and religious leader of the Azna . In 2006, the Nigerien state applied to UNESCO to include Lougou on the World Heritage List .
Economy and Infrastructure
In the south of the municipality, irrigation farming is practiced, the north is part of a zone in which rain-fed agriculture is predominant. Agricultural activities in Dan-Kassari are affected by decreasing rainfall and soil degradation . There are six markets in the municipality. In terms of education, there are two middle schools, located in the administrative villages of Dan-Kassari and Goubey, and 61 primary schools. Dan-Kassari is located on National Road 1 , which is part of the international Dakar-N'Djamena Highway . It is the only paved road in the municipality.
The French mathematician Marie-Françoise Roy is president of an organization that promotes solidarity activities between Dan-Kassari and the French community of Cesson-Sévigné .
literature
- Hassane Abdou: Enquête sur l'étude des pratiques paysannes de gestion de la fertilité des sols et d'analyse des systèmes d'exploitation. Cas du village de Gofawa (Dogondoutchi) . Faculté d'Agronomie, Université Abdou Moumouni de Niamey, Niamey 2002.
- Sanoussi Abdoulaye: Impacts socio-économiques et écologiques des opérations de récupération des terres dégradées dans le département de Dogondoutchi. Cas des terroirs de Gofawa, Doubalma Guida et Lilato . Faculté d'Agronomie, Université Abdou Moumouni de Niamey, Niamey 2011.
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 .
- ^ Institut Nationale de la Statistique du Niger (ed.): Annuaire statistique des cinquante ans d'indépendance du Niger . Niamey 2010 ( online version ; PDF file; 2.99 MB), p. 54.
- ↑ 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).
- ^ Maires du PNDS. (PDF) PNDS-Tarayya , archived from the original on December 2, 2013 ; accessed on February 14, 2018 (French).
- ↑ entry to Le site de Lougou in the Tentative List for World Heritage in French , accessed on 22 March 2012 found.
- ^ 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.
- ↑ Présentation de la commune de Dankassari ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Website of the ANIYA Coopération Décentralisée Niger-France, accessed on February 12, 2012.
- ^ Marie-Françoise Roy on the website of the University of Rennes I , accessed on March 22, 2012.
