Dossey (village)

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Location of Dossey in Niger

Dossey (also: Dosey , Dosseye ) is a village in the municipality of Birni-N'Konni in Niger .

The village, run by a traditional chief ( chef traditionnel ), is located about nine kilometers northwest of the city center of Birni-N'Konni, the capital of the Birni-N'Konni department in the Tahoua region . Larger villages in the area of ​​Dossey are Massalata , about ten kilometers south, Bazaga about 14 kilometers southwest , Tsernaoua about 15 kilometers east and Guidan Ider about 19 kilometers northeast . Dossey is on the shores of a permanent lake. In the surrounding landscape there is a large dry valley and a rocky plateau.

Dossey was founded in the 18th century. According to tradition, the Dossey lake was still surrounded by dense vegetation made up of Anogeissus leiocarpa and Mitragyna inermis at that time . With the beginning of the jihad of the Fulbe, initiated by Usman dan Fodio in 1804, the area became the target of many fleeing farmers. Dossey was one of the villages outside of the Azna center in Massalata, where the traditional religious practices of the Azna in the Islamic environment of Niger could last the longest.

At the 2012 census, Dossey had 6,968 inhabitants who lived in 1,110 households. At the 2001 census, the population was 5,316 in 845 households, and at the 1988 census, the population was 4,373 in 860 households.

There is a bus connection between the center of Birni-N'Konni and Dossey.

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ Anne Luxereau, Bernard Roussel: Changements économiques et sociaux au Niger . L'Harmattan, Paris 1997, ISBN 2-7384-6107-7 , pp. 15 .
  3. ↑ Bernard Roussel: Déforestation des bas-fonds sahélo-soudaniens du Niger central: de la “brousse noire” aux cultures maraîchès . In: François Verdeaux (ed.): La forêt-monde en question. Recomposition du rapport des sociétés à la forêt dans les pays du Sud . Éditions de l'Aube, IRD, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-87678-475-0 , p. 21 .
  4. ↑ H. Raulix: Un aspect historique des rapports de l'animisme et de l'Islam au Niger . In: Journal des Africanistes . Tome XXXII, No. 2 , p. 256 ( persee.fr [accessed October 20, 2018]).
  5. ^ Répertoire National des Communes (RENACOM). (RAR file) Institut National de la Statistique, accessed November 8, 2010 (French).
  6. ↑ Recensement Général de la Population 1988: Répertoire National des Villages du Niger . Bureau Central de Recensement, Ministère du Plan, République du Niger, Niamey March 1991, p. 289 ( ceped.org [PDF; accessed January 31, 2018]). www.ceped.org ( Memento of the original dated January 31, 2018 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.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ceped.org
  7. ↑ Jolijn Geels: Niger . Bradt, Chalfont St Peter 2006, ISBN 1-84162-152-8 , p. 146 .

Coordinates: 13 ° 53 '  N , 5 ° 12'  E