Dantchiao
| Dantchiao rural parish | |||
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| Coordinates | 12 ° 53 ' N , 9 ° 6' E | ||
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| Country | Niger | ||
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| department | Magaria | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | NE-7 | ||
| surface | 522 km² | ||
| Residents | 56,245 (2010) | ||
| density | 107.7 Ew. / km² | ||
Dantchiao (also: Dan Tchiao , Dantchio ) is a rural community in the Magaria department in Niger .
geography
Dantchiao is located in the greater Sudan landscape and borders the neighboring state of Nigeria in the south . The neighboring communities in Niger are Bandé in the northwest, Dungass in the northeast, Dogo-Dogo in the southeast and Magaria in the west. The municipality is divided into 49 administrative villages, 16 traditional villages, 30 hamlets and 34 camps. The main town of the rural community is the administrative village of Dantchiao.
history
At the beginning of the 20th century, Dantchiao came under British control and from 1906 under French control. The French established a canton in Dantchiao in 1908 . In 2002, as part of a nationwide administrative reform, the canton of Dantchiao became the rural community of Dantchiao.
population
At the 2001 census, Dantchiao had 41,430 residents. For 2010, 56,245 inhabitants were calculated. Agricultural Hausa and Fulbe who specialize in agropastoralism live in Dantchiao .
Economy and Infrastructure
The community is located in the narrow zone along the border with Nigeria, which extends from Tounouga in the west to Malawa in the east and is used in irrigation farming for cash crops . National road 13 runs through Dantchiao and connects the town with the neighboring municipalities of Dungass and Magaria.
literature
- Souradja Mahaman: Etude des activités agro-sylvo-pastorales et leurs impacts sur l'environnement. Cas des deux terroirs villageois: Angoal Bako Haoussa (Matamèye) et Bangaya (Magaria) . Faculté d'Agronomie, Université Abdou Moumouni, Niamey 1994.
- Adamou Nassirou: Gestion de la fertilité des sols dans le système de production à base de céréales niébé-sésame. Cas des Communes de Bandé et de Dan Tchiao (département de Magaria / région de Zinder) . Faculté d'Agronomie, Université Abdou Moumouni de Niamey, Niamey 2007.
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 http://www.case.ibimet.cnr.it/den/Documents/code_rural/cdrom/doc % 20pdf / Loi% 20N% B02002-14% 20cr% E9ation% 20des% 20communes.pdf (link not available)
- ↑ Edmond Séré de Rivières: Histoire du Niger . Berger-Levrault, Paris 1965, p. 250.
- ^ 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.
- ↑ Ministère de l'élevage et des industries animales / République du Niger (ed.): La mobilité pastorale dans la Région de Zinder. Stratégies et dynamisme des sociétés pastorales . Niamey 2009 ( online version ( Memento of July 13, 2010 in the Internet Archive ); PDF; 11.3 MB), pp. 30 and 33.
- ^ Comprendre l'économie des ménages ruraux au Niger . Save the Children UK, London 2009 ( online version ( Memento from September 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive ); PDF; 2.6 MB), p. 8.
