Falwel
| Falwel rural community | |||
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| Coordinates | 13 ° 31 ' N , 3 ° 36' E | ||
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| Country | Niger | ||
| Dosso | |||
| department | Loga | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | NE-3 | ||
| Residents | 57,564 (2012) | ||
Falwel is a rural municipality in the department of Loga in Niger .
geography
Falwel is located at the transition from the Sahel to the greater Sudan landscape . The municipality is divided into 52 administrative villages, 60 traditional villages, a hamlet, 29 camps and two water points. The main town of the rural community is the administrative village of Falwel. The neighboring communities of Falwels are Loga in the northwest, Dogondoutchi in the east, Tombokoirey II in the southeast, Tombokoirey I in the south and Mokko in the southwest.
The periodically water-bearing dry valley Dallol Foga has its origin in the south of the municipality .
history
The old village of Falwel was occupied by a Zarma from Tondikandia named Barké Mayaki in 1893 . Barké Mayaki established his own domain in Falwel and assumed the title of gabdakoy . He died in 1915.
The rural community of Falwel emerged from the canton of Falwel in a state-wide administrative reform in 2002, with parts of the canton being added to the newly created rural communities of Tombokoirey I and Tombokoirey II.
population
At the 2001 census, Falwel had 41,486 residents. At the 2012 census, the population was 57,564.
Economy and Infrastructure
The community is located in a zone where rain-fed agriculture is practiced. Labor migration abroad is also of economic importance . National road 23 runs through Falwel and connects the town with the neighboring towns of Dogondoutchi and Loga.
Personalities
- Abdou Kaza (* 1953), general and politician
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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 November 8, 2010.
- ^ Republic of Niger: Loi n ° 2002-014 du 11 JUIN 2002 portant création des communes et fixant le nom de leurs chefs-lieux .
- ↑ M. Tiepolo, M. Ali, M. Bacci, S. Braccio, H. Issa, AZ Oumarou: Analyze du risque d'inondation dans les communes de la Région de Dosso au Niger, 1998-2016. (PDF) Projet ANADIA 2.0, report no. 5. Agence Italienne pour la Coopération au Développement, 2018, p. 10 , accessed on April 26, 2018 (French).
- ↑ Edmond Séré de Rivières: Histoire du Niger . Berger-Levrault, Paris 1965, p. 90.
- ^ 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. 54.
- ↑ 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).
- ^ 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.
