Doulsou

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Location of Doulsou in Niger

Doulsou is a village in the Ayérou rural community in Niger .

Doulsou is located on an island in the Niger River northwest of the center of Ayérou. During the military occupation of the later Niger colony by France in 1899 , Doulsou was the first place where a French military base was set up, along with Sinder and Yatakala . In July 1900, Doulsou became the capital of the district of Doulsou ( cercle de Doulsou ), created in 1899 as the district of Sinder ( cercle de Sinder ), which included the areas of today's departments of Téra and Tillabéri . In 1908 the seat of the district was moved to Tillabéri .

The village had 1,736 people in the 1988 census, 1,026 people in the 2001 census, and 1,264 people in the 2012 census.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Edmond Séré de Rivières: Histoire du Niger . Berger-Levrault, Paris 1965, pp. 234-235.
  2. ↑ 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. 273 ( 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
  3. ^ Répertoire National des Communes (RENACOM). (RAR file) Institut National de la Statistique, accessed November 8, 2010 (French).
  4. ↑ Répertoire National des localites (ReNaLoc). (RAR) Institut National de la Statistique de la République du Niger, July 2014, p. 412 , accessed on 7 August 2015 (French).

Coordinates: 14 ° 45 '  N , 0 ° 54'  E