Fakara

Fakara rural community
Fakara rural community
Coordinates	13 ° 10 ′  N , 2 ° 31 ′  E Coordinates: 13 ° 10 ′  N , 2 ° 31 ′  E
Basic data
Country	Niger
region	Dosso
department	Boboye
Residents	19,077 (2012)

Fakara is a rural municipality in the department boboye department in Niger .

geography

Mosque in the hamlet of Dareslam in the rural municipality of Fakara (2019)

Cattle cross a disused railway line near the village of Kodo in the rural community of Fakara (2019)

The rural community is located at the transition from the Sahel zone to the greater Sudan landscape and is located in the dry Fakara plain above the Niger River , which it does not, however, directly border. The neighboring communities are Kouré in the north, N'Gonga in the northeast, Birni N'Gaouré in the southeast, Fabidji in the south and Kirtachi in the west. The municipality is divided into 14 administrative villages, four traditional villages and nine hamlets. The main town of the rural community is the village of Kobodey (also: Kobedey).

history

In the 19th century, the Zarma settlement of Fakara was able to maintain relative autonomy from its powerful neighbor Dosso and its ruler, the Zarmakoye. The rural community of Fakara was created in 2002 as part of a nationwide administrative reform from the north-western part of the canton of Birni N'Gaouré / Boboye.

population

At the 2001 census, Fakara had 11,796 inhabitants. At the 2012 census, the population was 19,077.

Economy and Infrastructure

The community is located in a zone where rain-fed agriculture is practiced. National Road 1 runs through Fakara and is part of the international Dakar-N'Djamena Highway . In the main town of Kobodey there is a small hospital run by the German association Fakara-Nigerhilfe Deutschland e. V. is supported.

Web links

Commons : Fakara  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Edmond Séré de Rivières: Histoire du Niger . Berger-Levrault, Paris 1965, p. 21.
2. ↑ Répertoire National des Communes (RENACOM) ( Memento of the original from January 9, 2017 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 notice. . Institut National de la Statistique website, accessed January 22, 2011. 
3. ^ Republic of Niger: Loi n ° 2002-014 du 11 JUIN 2002 portant création des communes et fixant le nom de leurs chefs-lieux .
4. ↑ Edmond Séré de Rivières: Histoire du Niger . Berger-Levrault, Paris 1965, p. 89.
5. ^ 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. 53.
6. ↑ Presentation of the result globaux définitifs du Quatrième (4ème) Recensement Général de la Population et de l'Habitat (RGP / H) de 2012. (PDF) Institut National de la Statistique, 2014, accessed on April 21, 2014 (French). 
7. ^ 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. 
8. ↑ Our aid deliveries ( Memento of the original dated November 6, 2014 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. . Website of Fakara-Nigerhilfe Deutschland e. V., accessed April 7, 2012.