Gangara (Maradi)
| Gangara rural community | |||
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| Coordinates | 13 ° 26 ' N , 7 ° 51' E | ||
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| Country | Niger | ||
| Maradi | |||
| department | Gazaoua | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | NE-4 | ||
| Residents | 51,930 (2012) | ||
Gangara is a rural municipality in the department Gazaoua in Niger .
geography
Gangara lies at the transition from the large Sudan to the Sahel zone and borders the neighboring state of Nigeria in the south . The neighboring communities in Niger are Aguié in the northwest and Gazaoua in the northeast. The municipality is divided into 21 administrative villages, 14 hamlets and 16 camps. The main town of the rural community is the administrative village of Gangara.
history
Gangara was originally dependent on the emirate of Katsina and came under French control in the early 20th century . In 1903 there was a revolt of the villagers against the French, which was suppressed.
The rural community of Gangara emerged from the Canton of Gangara in 2002 as part of a nationwide administrative reform. Since 2011, the rural community no longer belongs to the Aguié department , but to the newly created Gazaoua department.
population
At the 2001 census, Gangara had 29,255 inhabitants. At the 2012 census, the population was 51,930.
Economy and Infrastructure
The community is located in the narrow zone along the border with Nigeria, which extends from Tounouga in the west to Malawa in the east and is used in irrigation farming for cash crops .
literature
- Abdou dit Moussa Gogé: Impact des couloirs de passage réhabilités sur la gestion des conflits et l'accès aux ressources pastorales. Cas des secteurs de Rogogo et Lebo (Aguié) . Faculté d'Agronomie, Université Abdou Moumouni de Niamey, Niamey 2006.
- Adamou Habou: Rôle des ligneux dans l'alimentation animale dans le département d'Aguié. Cas du terroir villageois de Dan Gantamaou . Faculté d'Agronomie, Université Abdou Moumouni de Niamey, Niamey 2009.
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 .
- ↑ Edmond Séré de Rivières: Histoire du Niger . Berger-Levrault, Paris 1965, p. 248.
- ↑ Une nouvelle loi sur le redécoupage administratif . In: L'Arbre à Palabres . No. 13 , August 11, 2011, p. 2 ( nigerdiaspora.net [PDF; accessed on January 28, 2014]).
- ^ 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.
