Dogo (Niger)

Rural Municipality of Dogo
Rural Municipality of Dogo
Coordinates	13 ° 30 '  N , 9 ° 1'  E Coordinates: 13 ° 30 '  N , 9 ° 1'  E
Basic data
Country	Niger
region	cinder
department	Mirriah
Residents	83,570 (2010)

Dogo is a rural community in the Mirriah department in Niger .

geography

Dogo market

Dogo lies at the transition from the large Sudan to the Sahel zone . The neighboring communities are Droum , Kolléram and Zinder in the north, Gouna in the east, Bandé and Dungass in the south and Matamèye and Yaouri in the west. The municipality is divided into 70 administrative villages, 86 hamlets and four camps. The main town of the rural municipality is Dogo, consisting of the administrative villages Dogo Chaibou and Dogo Maïkassoua.

The Forêt classée de Korama on Wadi Korama is a 900 hectare protected forest area in the municipality of Dogo. It was placed under protection in 1952.

history

The domination of Dogo was attached to his Sultanate Zinder , which belonged to the Bornu Empire , around 1820 by Sultan Sélimane dan Tintouma . In 1899 France occupied the Sultanate of Zinder, which it remained until Niger gained independence in 1960. The Dogo market was one of the small markets in the region that was authorized by the French administration at the beginning of the 20th century. The rural municipality of Dogo emerged from the canton of Dogo in 2002 as part of a nationwide administrative reform. Over 1300 residents suffered material damage during the floods in 2008. 185 houses were completely destroyed and 74 fields were flooded.

population

At the 2001 census, Dogo had 61,551 inhabitants. For 2010, 83,570 inhabitants were calculated. Members of the Tuareg sub-groups Iguimirdan and Tafazarak, who mainly practice agropastoralism , live in Dogo .

Economy and Infrastructure

The community lies at the transition from the zone of rain-fed farming in the north to the zone of irrigated farming in the south. The national road 11 runs through Dogo and connects the town with the regional capital Zinder in the north and with the state border with Nigeria in the south.

literature

• Moussa Aboubacar Ahidan: Impact socioéconomique des banques céréalières dans les communes d'Albarkaram et de Dogo (département de Mirriah) . Faculté d'Agronomie, Université Abdou Moumouni de Niamey, Niamey 2011.
• Ahmed Idrissa: Diagnostic économique de la filière canne à sucre dans la commune rurale de Dogo, Région de Zinder . Faculté d'Agronomie, Université Abdou Moumouni de Niamey, Niamey 2014.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Répertoire National des Communes (RENACOM) . Institut National de la Statistique website, accessed January 22, 2011.
2. ^ Republic of Niger: Loi n ° 2002-014 du 11 JUIN 2002 portant création des communes et fixant le nom de leurs chefs-lieux .
3. ↑ Données disponibles pour chaque forêt classée ( Memento of July 29, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ). Website of the Direction de l'Environnement, Ministère de l'Hydraulique, de l'Environnement et de la Lutte Contre la Désertification, accessed on 25 February 2012.
4. ↑ Edmond Séré de Rivières: Histoire du Niger . Berger-Levrault, Paris 1965, p. 135.
5. ↑ Hassane Gandah Nabi: Commerçants et entrepreneurs du Niger (1922-2006) . L'Harmattan, Paris 2013, ISBN 978-2-336-29136-9 , pp. 37 .
6. ↑ Situation des dégâts causés par les inondations (2008) ( Memento of the original of February 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) 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. . Center d'Information et de Communication website, published November 18, 2008, accessed March 31, 2012.  
7. ^ 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.
8. ↑ 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 the original from July 13, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this note .; PDF; 11, 3 MB), p. 32. 
9. ^ Comprendre l'économie des ménages ruraux au Niger . Save the Children UK, London 2009 ( online version ( memento of the original from September 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this note. ; PDF; 2.6 MB), p. 8.