Dungass (department)

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Dungass department
Departments in the Zinder region until 2011
Departments in the Zinder region until 2011
Basic data
Country Niger
region cinder
Seat Dungass
Residents 350,444 (2012)
ISO 3166-2 NE-7
politics
prefect Mohamed Maraba

Coordinates: 13 ° 4 ′  N , 9 ° 21 ′  E

Dungass is a department in the region of Zinder in Niger .

geography

Oedaleus senegalensis near the village of Jambirdji in the Dungass department

The department is located in the south of the country and borders Nigeria . It consists of the rural parishes of Dogo-Dogo , Dungass , Gouchi, and Malawa . The eponymous capital of the department is Dungass. Wadi Korama runs through the department .

history

The department goes back to the poste administratif of Dungass, which was established in 1988. In 2011 the administrative post was removed from the Magaria department and raised to the Dungass department.

population

The Dungass department has a population of 350,444 according to the 2012 census. From 2001 to 2012 the population increased by an average of 5.6% annually (nationwide: 3.9%).

administration

At the head of the department is a prefect (French: préfet ) who is appointed by the Council of Ministers on the proposal of the Minister of the Interior .

Prefect of the Dungass Department
Term of office Surname
Feb 29, 2012 - Dec 4, 2013 Ibrahim Mahamane
Dec 4, 2013 - Jul 29, 2016 Hama Oumbarek
Jul 29, 2016 - Jan 5, 2018 Abdou Aboubacar
since Jan. 5, 2018 Mohamed Maraba

Web links

Commons : Dungass (Department)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Zinder. (No longer available online.) In: Projet d'Appui au Processus de la Décentralization. Ministère de l'Intérieur, de la Sécurité Publique, de la Décentralization et des Affaires Religieuses, archived from the original on February 2, 2014 ; Retrieved January 28, 2014 (French). 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 / decentralization-niger.org
  2. ^ Frédéric Giraut: Retour du refoulé et effet chef-lieu. Analysis d'une refonte politico-administrative virtual au Niger . PRODIG, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-901560-38-5 , pp. 35 ( archives-ouvertes.fr nigerdiaspora.net [PDF; accessed on January 28, 2014]).
  3. ↑ Une nouvelle loi sur le redécoupage administratif . In: L'Arbre à Palabres . No. 13 , August 11, 2011, p. 2 ( nigerdiaspora.net [PDF; accessed on January 28, 2014]).
  4. ↑ Présentation des résultats préliminaires du Quatrième (4ème) Recensement Général de la Population et de l'Habitat (RGPH) 2012. (PDF) Institut National de la Statistique du Niger, April 2013, p. 6 , accessed on January 28, 2014 ( French).
  5. ↑ Au Conseil des ministres: Le gouvernement adopte plusieurs projets de textes et des mesures nominatives . In: Le Sahel . March 1, 2012, p. 4 ( nigerdiaspora.net [PDF; accessed October 15, 2018]).
  6. ↑ Adoption de plusieurs projets de loi et mesures nominatives au conseil des ministres. In: aNiamey.com. December 5, 2013, accessed October 14, 2018 (French).
  7. ↑ Communiqué du Conseil des ministres du vendredi 29 June 2016. In: Tamtam Info. August 1, 2016, accessed October 14, 2018 (French).
  8. ^ Communiqué du Conseil des ministres du vendredi 05 janvier. In: Niger Diaspora. January 7, 2018, accessed October 14, 2018 (French).