Doungou (Niger)

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Rural community of Doungou
Doungou rural community (Niger)
Rural community of Doungou
Rural community of Doungou
Coordinates 13 ° 25 '  N , 8 ° 38'  E Coordinates: 13 ° 25 '  N , 8 ° 38'  E
Basic data
Country Niger

region

cinder
department Kantché
ISO 3166-2 NE-7
Residents 31,064 (2010)

Doungou is a rural community in the Kantché department in Niger .

geography

Doungou lies at the transition from the Sudan to the Sahel zone . The neighboring communities are Ichirnawa in the north, Droum in the east and Matamèye in the south and west. The municipality is divided into 24 administrative villages, eight traditional villages, 30 hamlets and two camps. The main town of the rural municipality is Doungou, consisting of the administrative villages of Doungou Bougagé and Doungou Haoussa.

history

The rural community of Doungou emerged in 2002 as part of a nationwide administrative reform from part of the canton of Kantché.

population

At the 2011 census, Doungou had 22,879 inhabitants. For 2010, 31,064 inhabitants were calculated. Members of the Fulbe sub-group Daourawa, which mainly practices agropastoralism , live in Doungou .

Economy and Infrastructure

The community is located in a zone where rain-fed agriculture is practiced.

literature

  • Maman El Manzo: Etude des résultats d'embouche ovine traditionnelle dans l'arrondissement de Matameye et particulièrement dans le secteur de Doungou, village situé 17 km à l'Est de Matameye . Faculté d'Agronomie, Université de Niamey, Niamey 1988.

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 http://www.case.ibimet.cnr.it/den/Documents/code_rural/cdrom/doc % 20pdf / Loi% 20N% B02002-14% 20cr% E9ation% 20des% 20communes.pdf (link not available)
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ↑ 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 July 13, 2010 in the Internet Archive ); PDF; 11.3 MB), p. 33.
  5. ^ Comprendre l'économie des ménages ruraux au Niger . Save the Children UK, London 2009 ( online version ( Memento from September 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive ); PDF; 2.6 MB), p. 8.