Elméki

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Location of Elméki in Niger

Elméki (also Elmécki , El Mécki and El Méki ) is a village in the rural municipality of Dabaga in Niger .

The mountain village lies in a dry valley in the Aïr high mountains . Elméki is located about 56 kilometers northwest of Dabaga, the capital of the rural community of the same name, which belongs to the Tchirozérine department in the Agadez region. Aoudéras, about 19 kilometers away, is one of the larger villages in the area .

From the 1950s onwards, tin mines made Elméki a magnet for people from the region who had lost their cattle herds due to the drought and were looking for a new source of income. A market for imported grain developed, which is dominated by Hausa traders. The German Society for Technical Cooperation had the road between Elméki and the Timia oasis expanded from 1979 . The multi-year project created jobs for around 70 young men from the village.

At the 2001 census, Elméki had 674 inhabitants who lived in 125 households. Landmines left in the 2009 conflict between the Nigerien Movement for Justice and the Nigerien Armed Forces make the village uninhabitable. The entire semi-nomadic population, 667 people, was temporarily forced to move to the regional capital Agadez .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Frederick E. Brusberg: Economy and society of Aoudéras, a community of the Saharan Aïr Massif (Niger) . Dissertation. McGill University, Montreal 1988, pp. 79 and 103-104 ( digitool.library.mcgill.ca [PDF; accessed on May 11, 2018]).
  2. ^ Frederick E. Brusberg: Economy and society of Aoudéras, a community of the Saharan Aïr Massif (Niger) . Dissertation. McGill University, Montreal 1988, pp. 94 ( digitool.library.mcgill.ca [PDF; accessed on May 11, 2018]).
  3. ^ Frederick E. Brusberg: Economy and society of Aoudéras, a community of the Saharan Aïr Massif (Niger) . Dissertation. McGill University, Montreal 1988, pp. 81–82 ( digitool.library.mcgill.ca [PDF; accessed on May 11, 2018]).
  4. ^ Répertoire National des Communes (RENACOM). (RAR file) Institut National de la Statistique, accessed November 8, 2010 (French).
  5. ^ Hannah Armstrong: Niger coup: Good for Tuareg rebels, bad for uranium investors. In: The Christian Science Monitor. March 23, 2010, accessed May 11, 2018 .
  6. ^ Situation Humanitaire au Niger. Semaine du 19 au 25 June 2009. (PDF) OCHA, accessed on May 11, 2018 (French).

Coordinates: 17 ° 44 '  N , 8 ° 17'  E