Dandadji

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Location of Dandadji in Niger

Dandadji (also: Dan Dadji , Dandaji and Dan Daji ) is a village in the municipality of Illéla in Niger .

The Hausa village is located around 23 kilometers southwest of the city center of Illéla, the capital of the Illéla department of the same name in the Tahoua region . At the 2012 census, Dandaji had 2539 residents who lived in 365 households. At the 2001 census, the population was 1,675 in 262 households, and at the 1988 census, the population was 1,686 in 301 households.

The Nigerien President Mahamadou Issoufou was born in Dandadji in 1952. His father had worked there as the tenth traditional local chief until his death in 1963. Issoufou usually spent his August summer vacations in Dandadji. His visits were reputed to mean that major government decisions were being prepared and that it was easier to speak to the president in his home village than in the capital Niamey .

After Issoufou took office in 2011, Dandadji benefited from a number of infrastructure measures. An improvement of the side roads leading into the village was started. The architects Mariam Kamara from Niger and Yasaman Esmaili from Iran planned the conversion of the old local mosque - the work of the master builder Falké Barmou , the builder of the important Great Mosque of Yama in Badaguichiri - into a library and the construction of a new mosque in the immediate vicinity. The construction project was awarded the LafargeHolcim Award 2017 for Middle East Africa and the Global LafargeHolcim Award 2018 in silver from the LafargeHolcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction . The 7530 square meter market square was also redesigned based on designs by Mariam Kamara and Harouna Diallo. The market stalls were built permanently and provided with numerous different colored and umbrella-like sun roofs.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Legacy Restored in Niger. LafargeHolcim Foundation, accessed March 29, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Répertoire National des localites (ReNaLoc). (RAR) Institut National de la Statistique de la République du Niger, July 2014, p. 344 , accessed on 7 August 2015 (French).
  3. ^ Répertoire National des Communes (RENACOM). (RAR file) Institut National de la Statistique, accessed November 8, 2010 (French).
  4. ↑ Recensement Général de la Population 1988: Répertoire National des Villages du Niger . Bureau Central de Recensement, Ministère du Plan, République du Niger, Niamey March 1991, p. 304 ( ceped.org [PDF; accessed January 31, 2018]). www.ceped.org ( Memento of the original dated January 31, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) 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 / www.ceped.org
  5. ^ Adam Thiam: Issoufou en vacances dans son village: S'il vous plaît, le chemin de Dan Daji? In: Tamtam Info. August 31, 2015, accessed March 29, 2018 (French).
  6. ↑ Amadou Bello: Vacances présidentielles: Un futur gouvernement à Dandaji? In: Niger Diaspora. August 3, 2017, accessed March 29, 2018 (French).
  7. ↑ Amadou Bello: Brèves économiques d'Afrique… In: Magazine de l'Afrique. April 24, 2016, accessed March 29, 2018 (French).
  8. ↑ 2016 Emerging Professionals Exhibit: Dandaji Library. The American Institute of Architects, accessed March 29, 2018 .
  9. ↑ regional market for Dandaji, Niger. In: Africanism Online. Accessed March 29, 2018 .

Coordinates: 14 ° 17 '  N , 5 ° 8'  E