Dirkou

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Rural community of Dirkou
Rural community Dirkou (Niger)
Rural community of Dirkou
Rural community of Dirkou
Coordinates 19 ° 0 ′  N , 12 ° 54 ′  E Coordinates: 19 ° 0 ′  N , 12 ° 54 ′  E
Basic data
Country Niger

region

Agadez
department Bilma
ISO 3166-2 NE-1
Residents 10,435 (2012)

Dirkou is a rural municipality in the department of Bilma in Niger .

geography

Dirkou is located in the northeast of the country in the Kaouar Valley in the Ténéré desert . The rural community borders the neighboring state of Chad in the east . The neighboring communities in Niger are Bilma , Fachi and N'Gourti in the south, Iférouane in the west and Djado in the north. The municipality is divided into two districts, seven administrative villages, three traditional villages and four hamlets. Almost half of the population lives in the administrative village of Dirkou, an oasis and capital of the rural community. The 19th north latitude runs through the main town . The other administrative villages are Achinouma, Anney , Argui, Bezza, Chimoundour and Emtilhoumal. The neighborhoods are called Gadarma and Tchdrey et Maya, the traditional villages of Latey, Tchidirissou and Tchouage and the hamlets of Barara, Djawaz, Kerdema and Youzeyi.

Dirkou is an important stage destination for immigrants on the desert route from Africa south of the Sahara to Europe. The Italian journalist Fabrizio Gatti traces the journey of immigrants from Africa to Europe in his book Bilal . He describes Dirkou as the place where the actual desert stretch begins, where smugglers of people and goods such as cocaine have outposts and where, last but not least, many of the refugees are stranded, cannot get any further for lack of money and have to work like slaves.

history

Dirkou was probably founded in the 11th century. The settlement developed into an important trading center for the slave trade. From the 1890s Dirkou had his own Qādī from the Tubu ethnic group . Maï Adam, the Sultan of Kaouar, had set up the office for his son-in-law. The ban on the slave trade under French rule at the beginning of the 20th century and constant raids by Tuareg limited the development of Dirkou as a trading center. The Dakar Rally led every year from 1983 to 1992 (with the exception of 1988) by Dirkou.

population

At the 2001 census, Dirkou had 9437 inhabitants. At the 2012 census, the population was 10,435. The Tubu language Tedaga is widespread in the community, as well as Libyan Arabic directly north of Bilma .

Economy and Infrastructure

The northern slope of Agadez ends in Dirkou, which leads past the Achegour fountain , an important "petrol station" on Bornustraße for salt caravans in the direction of Séguédine . The small oasis town is home to a garrison of the Nigerien military. The local market is particularly important for the dates trade. Dirkou has a civil airport with a paved runway, Dirkou Airport ( ICAO code : DRZD). The Central Intelligence Agency operates a drone base at the airport.

literature

  • Julien Brachet: Trans-Saharan migrations. Vers un désert cosmopolite et morcelé (Niger) . Éditions du Croquant, Bellecombe-en-Bauges 2009, ISBN 978-2-914968-65-2 , chap. VIII: Une étape sur la voie libyenne: Dirkou. Incidences et enjeux focaux des migrations de transit , p. 181–204 ( reseau-terra.eu [PDF]).
  • Fabrizio Gatti: Bilal. As an illegal on the way to Europe . Kunstmann, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-88897-587-5 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Republic of Niger: Loi n ° 2002-014 du 11 JUIN 2002 portant création des communes et fixant le nom de leurs chefs-lieux .
  2. ^ Répertoire National des Communes (RENACOM) . Institut National de la Statistique website, accessed January 22, 2011.
  3. ^ A b Emmanuel Grégoire: Touaregs du Niger. Le destin d'un mythe . 2nd Edition. Karthala, Paris 2010, ISBN 978-2-8111-0352-1 , pp. 196 .
  4. ↑ Jean-Louis Triaud: La Légende de la noire Sanûsiyya. Une confrérie musulmane saharienne sous le regard français (1840–1930) . Volume I. Editions de la Maison des sciences de l'homme, Paris 1995, p. 447 .
  5. ↑ Dakar Retrospective 1979–2007. (PDF) Amaury Sport Organization, archived from the original on July 8, 2011 ; accessed on February 14, 2018 (English).
  6. ^ 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. 53.
  7. ↑ Presentation of the results globaux définitifs du Quatrième (4ème) Recensement Général de la Population et de l'Habitat (RGP / H) de 2012. (PDF file) Institut National de la Statistique, 2014, accessed on April 18, 2014 (French ).
  8. ↑ Niger map. In: Ethnologue: Languages ​​of the World. Seventeenth edition. SIL International, 2013, accessed July 18, 2013 .
  9. ↑ Livelihoods Zoning “Plus” Activity In Niger ( Memento of September 28, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF file; 2.37 MB). 12, Famine Early Warning Systems Network website, published August 2011, accessed January 19, 2012.
  10. ↑ Airports in Niger . Aircraft Charter World website, accessed January 23, 2012.
  11. ^ The New York Times : How a CIA Drone Base Grew in Niger's Desert , YouTube . September 10, 2018.