Filingué
| Borough of Filingué | |||
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| Coordinates | 14 ° 21 ′ N , 3 ° 20 ′ E | ||
| Basic data | |||
| Country | Niger | ||
| Tillabéri | |||
| department | Filingué | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | NE-6 | ||
| Residents | 69,342 (2010) | ||
| politics | |||
| mayor | Abdou Mainassara (2012) | ||
Filingué is a municipality and the capital of the Filingué department of the same name in Niger .
geography
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The city, which is characterized by Hausa architecture, is located in the Sahel zone on Wadi Dallol Bosso . The urban area is divided into 19 districts, 29 administrative villages, nine traditional villages, 30 hamlets and a camp. The 19 districts are Angoual Kara, Boukoki, Darayawa, Extension Nouveau Quartier, Garka, Goulzoulawa, Haoussaoua (Filigué Haoussa), Kourfayawa, Kourouk, Kris Kris, Makani Béri Béri, Makani Souleymane, Makanidareya, Nouveau Quartier, Sandatoudifawa Arewa, Toudou Darayawa and Wanagar.
The neighboring communities are Banibangou in the northwest, Abala in the northeast, Kourfeye Center in the east, Imanan in the southeast, Tondikandia in the southwest and Dingazi in the west.
history
In the course of the military occupation of the later Niger colony, the French set up a military post in Filingué in 1901. Filingué was the main town in the Haut-Dallol Bosso district during the colonial period . Until 1972, only the major cities of Niamey , Maradi , Tahoua and Zinder had the status of an independent municipality in Niger . This year, Filingué was raised to a municipality at the same time as six other Nigerien towns.
population
At the 1977 census, Filingué had 6311 inhabitants, at the 1988 census 9188 inhabitants and at the 2001 census 11,065 inhabitants. For 2010, after an expansion of the urban area, 69,342 inhabitants were calculated.
Economy and Infrastructure
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The city is located in a zone where agropastoralism is practiced. The large Filingué market is mainly used by cattle herders and millet farmers, members of the Fulbe and Tuareg ethnic groups . Important commodities are cowpeas and grain. The city's residents struggle with poor nutrition, inadequate access to drinking water and problems with draining water during rainy seasons. Filingué is the seat of a Tribunal d'Instance, one of the 30 civil courts nationwide , which are below the ten civil courts of the first instance (Tribunal de Grande Instance). The city is on National Road 25 , which runs from the capital Niamey to Tébaram in the Tahoua department .
Twin town
Since 1997, Athis-Mons has been Filingué's twin town in France .
Personalities
- Moussa Bayéré (1939–1976), officer and politician
- Mariama Cissé (* 1962), judge and women's rights activist
- Chaïbou Dan Inna (* 1952), theater scholar, playwright and politician
- Boubé Gado (1944–2015), historian and politician
- Léopold Kaziendé (1910–1999), politician, school director in Filingué
- Adamou Mayaki (1919–2003), politician and diplomat
- Dogo Mayaki (* 1953), writer
literature
- Yahaya Ahmede: The problem of the development of the development of the diagnostic des modes de gestion of the environment of Borno (Niger) and Filingué (Niger) . Dissertation, Université des sciences et technologies de Lille 1988.
- Noma Bachir Doka: Etude de la productivité des troupeaux ovins en zone agropastorale. Cas de Filingué . Faculté d'Agronomie, Université Abdou Moumouni de Niamey, Niamey 2014.
- AR Boukary, M. Chaïbou, H. Marichatou, G. Vias: Caractérisation des systèmes de production laitière et analyze des stratégies de valorisation du lait en milieu rural et périurbain au Niger: cas de la communauté urbaine de Niamey et de la commune rurale de Filingué . In: Revue élevage, médecine et vétérinaire des pays tropicaux . Vol. 60, No. 1–4 , 2007, pp. 113-120 ( remvt.cirad.fr [PDF]).
- Mahaman Tidjani Alou: Les pouvoirs locaux dans la commune de Filingué (= Etudes et Travaux du LASDEL . No. 31 ). LASDEL, Niamey / Parakou February 2005 ( lasdel.net [PDF]).
- Mahaman Tidjani Alou: Les pouvoirs locaux dans la commune de Filingué (2) (= Etudes et Travaux du LASDEL . No. 49 ). LASDEL, Niamey / Parakou January 2007 ( lasdel.net [PDF]).
Web links
- Website of the city of Athis-Mons: twinning with Filingué (French)
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 January 22, 2011.
- ↑ Eric Komlavi Hahonou: Le pouvoirs locaux à Balleyara . In: Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan, Mahamam Tidjani Alou (ed.): Le pouvoirs locaux au Niger. Tome 1: À la veille de la decéntralisation . Karthala, Paris 2009, ISBN 978-2-8111-0306-4 , p. 223.
- ↑ Historique de la decentralization au Niger ( Memento of the original of October 18, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF file; 91 kB). Website of the program nigéro-allemand de lutte contre la pauvreté dans les zones de Tillabéri et Tahoua-Nord, published May 2008, accessed on 21 January 2012.
- ↑ World Gazetteer: Page no longer available , search in web archives: Filingué , accessed on January 8, 2010.
- ^ Institut national de la statistique (ed.): Annuaire statistique des cinquante ans d'indépendence du Niger . Niamey 2010 ( online version ; PDF file; 2.99 MB), p. 56.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Jean-Paul Labourdette, Dominique Auzias: Niger 2009 . Nouvelle édition de l'Université, Paris 2009, ISBN 2-7469-1640-1 , pp. 115 .
- ↑ Livelihoods Zoning “Plus” Activity In Niger ( Memento of September 28, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF file; 2.37 MB). 27, Famine Early Warning Systems Network website, published August 2011, accessed January 19, 2012.
- ↑ Bachir Talfi: Note sur l'organization judiciaire . Nigerien Ministry of Justice website, accessed September 24, 2012.
