Gangara (Zinder)
| Gangara rural community | |||
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| Coordinates | 14 ° 37 ′ N , 8 ° 30 ′ E | ||
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| Country | Niger | ||
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| department | Tanout | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | NE-7 | ||
| Residents | 116,762 (2010) | ||
Gangara is a rural municipality in the department of Tanout in Niger .
geography
Gangara is located in the Damergou landscape in the Sahel region . The neighboring municipalities are Tarka in the northwest, Tanout in the northeast, Olléléwa in the southeast and Falenko in the south. The municipality is divided into 135 administrative villages, 184 traditional villages, 289 hamlets, 25 camps and 42 water points. The main town of the rural community is the administrative village of Gangara.
history
The French research and military expedition, Mission Foureau-Lamy , stayed in Gangara from October 28-29, 1899. From 1907 to 1912 there was a French military command in the village. In 1915, the French administration released Gangara as a separate canton from the canton of Tanout. The canton's leadership was given to a local dynasty of settled Tuaregs . The rural community of Gangara emerged in 2002 as part of a nationwide administrative reform from the canton of Gangara, the southern part of which was detached as an independent rural community of Falenko.
population
At the 2001 census, Gangara had 88,670 inhabitants. For the year 2010 116,762 inhabitants were calculated. Members of the Tuareg, Hausa and Fulbe ethnic groups live in Gangara . The Hausa subgroups Gobirawa and Damagarawa mainly practice agriculture. The Fulbe subgroup Tchilanko'en specializes in agropastoralism . The Fulbe subgroups Oudah'en and Wodaabe as well as the Tuareg subgroups Imouzgou, Imouzwagan, Iwillimiden, Kel Ates, Kel Nougroub, Kel Tanat and Tegama practice mainly remote grazing. Finally, members of the Tuareg subgroups Albourdatan and Araban live in the rural community, whose main livelihood is the caravan trade .
literature
- Hawaou Barmo Boubé: Rôle et importance des boutiques d'intrants dans la diffusion de nouvelles technologies agricoles dans la commune de Gangara (Tanout, Zinder) . Faculté d'Agronomie, Université Abdou Moumouni de Niamey, Niamey 2012.
- Hous seini Sanda Gonda: Gestion de la fertilité des sols dans le système de production à base céréale / niébé. Cas des Communes de Gangara et Ouallelewa, Département de Tanout / Région de Zinder . Faculté d'Agronomie, Université Abdou Moumouni de Niamey, Niamey 2007.
Web links
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 .
- ↑ Fernand Foureau : Documents scientifiques de la mission saharienne. Mission Foureau-Lamy d'Alger au Congo par le Tchad . Atlas (cartographer: Verlet-Hanus). Masson, Paris 1905 ( jubilotheque.upmc.fr [accessed May 6, 2018]).
- ↑ Edmond Séré de Rivières: Histoire du Niger . Berger-Levrault, Paris 1965, pp. 256-257.
- ^ 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. 57.
- ↑ Ministère de l'élevage et des industries animales / République du Niger (ed.): La mobilité pastorale dans la Région de Zinder. Stratégies et dynamisme des sociétés pastorales . Niamey 2009 ( online version ( Memento of the original from July 13, 2010 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; 11, 3 MB), pp. 30 and 32–33.
