Fandou Mayaki

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Location of Fandou Mayaki in Niger

Fandou Mayaki is a village in the rural municipality of Tondikandia in Niger .

The village lies at the entrance of a side valley of the Dallol Bosso , through which a trunk road leads to Banibangou in the north. It is one of the two settlement centers of the rural community of Tondikandia, which belongs to the Filingué department in the Tillabéri region , along with the municipal capital Damana , located about 20 kilometers to the east . Other larger settlements in the vicinity of Fandou Mayaki are the small town of Balleyara in the south, around 12 kilometers away, and the village of Fandou Béri in the north, around 14 kilometers away . In 2017, ten individual wild animals of the endangered West African giraffe were counted in the area around Fandou Mayaki , the main distribution area of ​​which is in Kouré .

Fandou Mayaki is the seat of the Mayaki ("warlord") of Tondikandia, who is subordinate to the Zarmakoye ("lord of the Zarma "), the traditional ruler of Tondikandia based in Damana.

At the 2012 census, Fandou Mayaki had 2,971 inhabitants who lived in 432 households. At the 2001 census, the population was 2,350 in 291 households, and at the 1988 census, the population was 3,940 in 521 households.

Fandou Mayaki is the birthplace of officer and military junta member Soumana Kalkoye, who was born in 1966 .

literature

  • Mani Djika: Détermination de la répartition spatio-temporelle des girafes de la zone de transition de la réserve de biosphère de "W" du Niger et de la zone de Fandou Mayaki . Faculté d'Agronomie, Université Abdou Moumouni de Niamey, Niamey 2008.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Amadou Kountché Djibrilla: Forum sur l'exode dans la commune rurale du Tondikandia. ONG FED, September 9, 2015, accessed on March 31, 2018 (French).
  2. ↑ a b National Repertoire des Localités (ReNaLoc). (RAR) Institut National de la Statistique de la République du Niger, July 2014, p. 436 , accessed on 7 August 2015 (French).
  3. ↑ Abdoul Razack Moussa Zabeirou: National Survey Report of the West African Giraffe, Niger. August 2017. (PDF) Giraffe Conservation Foundation, p. 5 , accessed on April 5, 2018 (English).
  4. ↑ A. Souley, EK Hahonou: Les associations cantonales dans le Tagazar et le Tondikandia (=  Etudes et Travaux du LASDEL . No. 24 ). LASDEL, Niamey / Parakou March 2004, p. 37 ( lasdel.net [PDF; accessed October 26, 2019]).
  5. ^ Répertoire National des Communes (RENACOM). (RAR file) Institut National de la Statistique, accessed November 8, 2010 (French).
  6. ↑ Recensement Général de la Population 1988: Répertoire National des Villages du Niger . Bureau Central de Recensement, Ministère du Plan, République du Niger, Niamey March 1991, p. 238 ( web.archive.org [PDF; accessed January 31, 2018]).
  7. ↑ Chaïbou Maman: Répertoire biographique des personnalités de la classe politique et des leaders d'opinion du Niger de 1945 à nos jours . Volume II. Démocratie 2000, Niamey 2003, p. 400 .

Coordinates: 13 ° 54 '  N , 2 ° 53'  E