Gamou
| Gamou rural community | |||
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| Coordinates | 14 ° 20 ′ N , 9 ° 55 ′ E | ||
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| Country | Niger | ||
| cinder | |||
| department | Gouré | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | NE-7 | ||
| Residents | 18,624 (2010) | ||
Gamou is a rural community in the Gouré department in Niger .
geography
Gamou is in the Sahel region . The neighboring communities are Alakoss in the northwest, Kellé in the east, Gouré in the south and Moa in the southwest. The municipality is divided into 28 administrative villages and six hamlets. The main town of the rural community is Birni Kazoé (also: Kazaé, Kazoé).
The Forêt classée de Kaigam is a 287 hectare protected forest area in the municipality of Gamou. It was placed under protection in 1942.
history
At the end of the 19th century, Gamou belonged to the Sultanate of Zinder , but was able to achieve relative independence from the larger neighboring towns of Gouré and Kellé under his ruler Daoudou, who died in 1891. Under French rule at the beginning of the 20th century, Gamou formed its own canton , which was nevertheless preserved after several attempts to dissolve it. The rural community of Gamou emerged from the canton of Gamou as part of a nationwide administrative reform in 2002.
population
At the 2001 census, Gamou had 13,715 inhabitants. For 2010, 18,624 inhabitants were calculated. The ethnic groups of the Hausa , Fulbe , Tuareg and Tubu live in Gamou . The Fulbe and the Tuareg from the north practice transhumant cattle farming.
Economy and Infrastructure
In the main town of Birni Kazoé there is a livestock market that is particularly important for the trade in cinder and Nigeria . The market day is Tuesday. There is a local radio communautaire in the main town.
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.
- ^ Republic of Niger: Loi n ° 2002-014 du 11 JUIN 2002 portant création des communes et fixant le nom de leurs chefs-lieux .
- ↑ Données disponibles pour chaque forêt classée ( Memento of July 29, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ). Website of the Direction de l'Environnement, Ministère de l'Hydraulique, de l'Environnement et de la Lutte Contre la Désertification, accessed on 25 February 2012.
- ↑ Edmond Séré de Rivières: Histoire du Niger . Berger-Levrault, Paris 1965, p. 127.
- ^ Institut Nationale de la Statistique du Niger (ed.): Annuaire statistique des cinquante ans d'indépendance du Niger . Niamey 2010 ( online version ; PDF file; 2.99 MB), p. 57.
- ↑ Présentation de la commune de Gamou ( page can no longer be accessed , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Website of the ANIYA Coopération Décentralisée Niger-France, accessed on February 2, 2012.
- ↑ Livelihoods Zoning “Plus” Activity In Niger ( Memento of September 28, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF file; 2.37 MB). P. 21, Famine Early Warning Systems Network website, published August 2011, accessed January 19, 2012.
- ^ Mahamadou Saley, Yatta Paul Maurice Mohamed: Projet Régional d'Appui au Pastoralisme au Sahel (PRAPS). Etude diagnostique des Systèmes d'Information sur les marchés à bétail du Burkina Faso, du Mali, de la Mauritanie, du Niger, du Sénégal et du Tchad. Définitif report. (PDF) CILSS , November 2016, accessed on May 2, 2018 (French).
- ↑ La situation de la communication pour le développement au Niger (Etat des lieux). Tome 1. (PDF file; 461 kB) Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2003, p. 169 , accessed on November 1, 2019 (French).
