Dioundiou (department)
Dioundiou department | |
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Departments in the Dosso region by 2011 |
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Basic data | |
Country | Niger |
region | Dosso |
Seat | Dioundiou |
Residents | 109,615 (2012) |
ISO 3166-2 | NE-3 |
politics | |
prefect | Issoufou Arzika |
Coordinates: 12 ° 37 ' N , 3 ° 33' E
Dioundiou is a department in the region Dosso in Niger .
geography
The department is located in the south-west of the country and borders Nigeria . It consists of the rural parishes of Dioundiou , Karakara and Zabori . The eponymous capital of the department is Dioundiou.
The entire department is part of the 317,520 hectare wetland of the Dallol Maouri , which is a protected area as one of the Ramsar areas of Niger .
history
The department goes back to the administrative post ( poste administratif ) of Dioundiou, which was established in 1965. In 2011 the administrative post was removed from the Gaya department and raised to the Dioundiou department.
population
According to the 2012 census, the Dioundiou department has 109,615 inhabitants. From 2001 to 2012 the population increased by an average of 3.4% annually (nationwide: 3.9%).
administration
At the head of the department is a prefect (French: préfet ) who is appointed by the Council of Ministers on the proposal of the Minister of the Interior .
Term of office | Surname |
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Feb. 29, 2012 - Jul. 29, 2016 | Adamou Wakasso |
since Jul. 29, 2016 | Issoufou Arzika |
Individual evidence
- ^ Dosso. (No longer available online.) In: Projet d'Appui au Processus de la Décentralization. Ministère de l'Intérieur, de la Sécurité Publique, de la Décentralization et des Affaires Religieuses, archived from the original on February 2, 2014 ; Retrieved January 28, 2014 (French). 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.
- ↑ Dallol Maouri. In: Ramsar Sites Information Service. April 13, 2018, accessed July 3, 2019 .
- ↑ Lawali Dambo: Usages de l'eau à Gaya (Niger): entre fortes et potentialités contraintes majeures . Thèse de doctorat. Faculté des Géosciences et de l'Environnement de l'Université de Lausanne, Lausanne 2007, p. 106 ( rero.ch [PDF; accessed on January 28, 2014]).
- ↑ Une nouvelle loi sur le redécoupage administratif . In: L'Arbre à Palabres . No. 13 , August 11, 2011, p. 2 ( nigerdiaspora.net [PDF; accessed on January 28, 2014]).
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ Présentation des résultats préliminaires du Quatrième (4ème) Recensement Général de la Population et de l'Habitat (RGPH) 2012. (PDF) Institut National de la Statistique du Niger, April 2013, pp. 5–6 , accessed on January 28 2014 (French).
- ↑ Au Conseil des ministres: Le gouvernement adopte plusieurs projets de textes et des mesures nominatives . In: Le Sahel . March 1, 2012, p. 4 ( nigerdiaspora.net [PDF; accessed October 15, 2018]).
- ↑ Communiqué du Conseil des ministres du vendredi 29 June 2016. In: Tamtam Info. August 1, 2016, accessed October 14, 2018 (French).