Droum

Rural community of Droum
Rural community of Droum
Coordinates	13 ° 34 '  N , 8 ° 53'  E Coordinates: 13 ° 34 '  N , 8 ° 53'  E
Basic data
Country	Niger
region	cinder
department	Mirriah
Residents	74,782 (2010)

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

geography

Droum is in the Sahel region . The neighboring communities are Tirmini in the north, Zinder in the east, Dogo in the south, Doungou in the south-west and Ichirnawa in the north-west. The municipality is divided into 76 administrative villages, 59 hamlets and seven camps. The main town of the rural community is Droum, consisting of the administrative villages of Droum Kahi and Droum Malori.

The Forêt classée de Droum is a 15 hectare protected forest area in the municipality of Droum. It was placed under protection in 1952.

history

In 1820, Sultan Sélimane dan Tintouma joined the Droum rulership to his Sultanate of Zinder , which was part of the Bornu Empire . In 1899 France occupied the Sultanate of Zinder. At the beginning of the 20th century, the French colonial administration established a canton in Droum, to which the dissolved canton Mazoza was joined in 1923 and the dissolved canton Tonkour in 1924. The markets in Droum and in the Droum village of Gogo were among the small markets in the region that were approved by the French administration at the beginning of the 20th century. In 2002, as part of a state-wide administrative reform, the canton of Droum became the rural municipality of Droum.

population

At the 2001 census, Droum had 55,078 inhabitants. For 2010, 74,782 inhabitants were calculated. Members of the Tuareg sub-groups Iguimirdan, Mikitan and Tafazarak, who mainly practice agropastoralism , live in Droum .

Economy and Infrastructure

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

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. ↑ Edmond Séré de Rivières: Histoire du Niger . Berger-Levrault, Paris 1965, p. 250.
6. ↑ Hassane Gandah Nabi: Commerçants et entrepreneurs du Niger (1922-2006) . L'Harmattan, Paris 2013, ISBN 978-2-336-29136-9 , pp. 37 .
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.