Dogo-Dogo
| Dogo-Dogo rural community | |||
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| Coordinates | 12 ° 54 ' N , 9 ° 19' E | ||
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| Country | Niger | ||
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| department | Dungass | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | NE-7 | ||
| Residents | 40,679 (2010) | ||
Dogo-Dogo (also: Dogo Dogo ) is a rural community in the Dungass department in Niger .
geography
Dogo-Dogo is located in the greater Sudan landscape and borders the neighboring state of Nigeria in the south . The neighboring communities in Niger are Dantchiao in the west, Dungass in the north and Malawa in the east. The municipality is divided into 60 administrative villages, 21 traditional villages, twelve hamlets and 23 camps. The main town of the rural community is the administrative village of Dogo-Dogo.
The plain of Dogo-Dogo is densely populated and has an average annual rainfall of 600 mm, which is high by Nigerian standards. The landscape is dominated by tall acacias .
history
The administrative village of Toumbi, located in the municipality of Dogo-Dogo, was the capital of the Emirate of Gumel until 1864 . The rural municipality of Dogo-Dogo emerged as an administrative unit in 2002 as part of a nationwide administrative reform in the southern part of the canton of Dungass. Since 2011, the rural community no longer belongs to the Magaria department , but to the newly founded Dungass department.
population
At the 2001 census, Dogo-Dogo had 29,959 inhabitants. For 2010, 40,679 inhabitants were calculated. The population is made up of Hausa and Kanuri living in adobe houses as well as Fulbe and Tuareg living in straw huts .
Economy and Infrastructure
Millet and sorghum are grown for personal use, while sesame, cowpeas and peanuts are grown as sources of income . There are five weekly markets in the municipality. Cross-border trade with Nigeria is of economic importance. Dogo-Dogo is on the national road 13 that connects the town with the municipality of Magaria . Nevertheless, the rural community's relatively remote location is an obstacle to economic development.
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 Présentation de la commune de Dogo-Dogo ( page no longer accessible , 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. . Website of the ANIYA Coopération Décentralisée Niger-France, accessed on March 13, 2012.
- ↑ Yves Urvoy: Histoire de l'empire du Bornou . Larose, Paris 1949, p. 108.
- ↑ 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]).
- ^ Institut Nationale de la Statistique du Niger (ed.): Annuaire statistique des cinquante ans d'indépendance du Niger . Niamey 2010 ( online version (PDF; 2.99 MB)), p. 57.
