Diagourou
| Diagourou rural parish | |||
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| Coordinates | 13 ° 55 ' N , 0 ° 49' E | ||
| Basic data | |||
| Country | Niger | ||
| Tillabéri | |||
| department | Téra | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | NE-6 | ||
| Residents | 52,765 (2010) | ||
Diagourou is a rural municipality in the department Téra in Niger .
geography
Diagourou is located in the southern Sahel zone and borders the neighboring state of Burkina Faso in the southwest . The neighboring communities in Niger are Dargol and Téra . The municipality is divided into 33 administrative villages, 28 traditional villages, 28 hamlets and two camps. The main town of the rural community is the village of Diagourou. The wild animal population in the municipality has declined significantly due to droughts, human settlement and poaching. The predominant tree species are acacia and desert dates .
history
Diagourou was founded around 1820 by members of the Mossi ethnic group under their leader Boubou. The Mossi had tried to establish themselves in Liptako , but were pushed back eastwards to Téra. Their settlement Diagourou arose south of Téra. When Téra was attacked by Silanké, a sub-group of the Fulbe , Téra's ruler Ama called the Tuareg for help, but could not get rid of them afterwards.
In order to secure the borders of his empire, the ruler of Liptako launched two attacks on Diagourou around 1860. These could initially be fended off in an alliance with Téra and the Tuareg. Abdoulaye, the ruler of Diagourou, launched an unsuccessful counterattack. Then Diagourou went into the field with Téra and a group of Tuaregs against Liptako. They were crushed. The ruler of Liptako had Diagourou burned down and its inhabitants killed. The remnants of the Diagourou army found refuge in Téra. There, however, they murdered Sidi, the nephew of Téra's ruler Gabélinga, and fled before Gabélinga could react. The Mossi secured Dargol's neutrality, drove Gabélinga together with the regained Tuaregs and resettled in Diagourou. Gabélinga, however, managed to come back to power.
In 1878 Diagourou was destroyed again. But Gabélinga was murdered in 1885 and the Mossi under Abdoulaye were finally able to settle in Diagourou around 1890. The Diagourou area came under French military administration in 1899 as part of the newly created Sinder district ( cercle de Sinder ) . In 1905 Diagourou was annexed to the new military territory of Niger ( Territoire militaire du Niger ). After a Tuareg uprising in 1916, France set up a canton of the independent Fulbe ( canton des Peul indépendants ), which was later converted into the canton of Diagourou.
During a nationwide administrative reform in 2002, the Diagourou canton became the Diagourou rural community.
population
At the 2001 census, Diagourou had 39,861 inhabitants. For 2010, 52,765 inhabitants were calculated. The Fulbe make up the majority of the population in the municipality, followed by Songhai and Gourmantché . In winter, Tuareg nomads set up camp in the community. The predominant dwellings of the local population are adobe houses and thatched huts.
Economy and Infrastructure
Most of the population lives from agriculture and animal husbandry. In addition to millet and sorghum , cowpeas , peanuts , okra and sesame are grown. Livestock farming is mainly focused on cattle, sheep and goats. Food shortages often occur. Local products are also sold in Téra and across the border in Titabé . The infrastructure in the education and health sector is poorly developed. Electric lighting with solar energy is only available in the main town, otherwise petroleum lamps predominate . In the remote rural community there is next to no radio and television reception.
Many young men from Diagourou practice seasonal labor migration. Their destinations are - in order of importance - Nigeria , gold mining facilities in West Niger itself, the Ivory Coast and Ghana . Conversely, potters from Bankilaré come to Diagourou in the cold season to mine clay . There is a daily market in the main town with around ten shops and a weekly market with at least 250 vendors. With a Center de Santé Intégré (CSI), the population has access to a health center that was responsible for the care of over 16,600 people in 2016. The Swissaid aid organization is active in the community.
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 .
- ↑ a b c Monographie de la commune rurale de Diagourou ( 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. (PDF; 2.4 MB). Website of the program nigéro-allemand de lutte contre la pauvreté dans les zones de Tillabéri et Tahoua-Nord, published in June 2006, accessed on 20 January 2012.
- ↑ Edmond Séré de Rivières: Histoire du Niger . Berger-Levrault, Paris 1965, pp. 96-97.
- ↑ Edmond Séré de Rivières: Histoire du Niger . Berger-Levrault, Paris 1965, pp. 234-235.
- ↑ Edmond Séré de Rivières: Histoire du Niger . Berger-Levrault, Paris 1965, p. 239.
- ^ 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. 56.
- ↑ a b Paul Cottavoz: WASH et choléra - stratégie bouclier dans les aires de santé les plus affectées des régions sanitaires de Tillabéri, Tahoua et Maradi. Rapport d'évaluation. (PDF) UNICEF Niger, May 2016, pp. 49–50 , accessed on October 26, 2018 (French).
