Garankédey

Garankédey rural commune
Garankédey rural commune
Coordinates	13 ° 17 '  N , 3 ° 6'  E Coordinates: 13 ° 17 '  N , 3 ° 6'  E
Basic data
Country	Niger
region	Dosso
department	Dosso
Residents	35,009 (2012)

Garankédey (also: Garankadèye ) is a rural municipality in the Dosso department in Niger .

geography

Garankédey is located in the greater Sudan landscape . The neighboring communities are Koygolo in the northwest, Sokorbé in the northeast, Mokko in the east, Dosso in the southeast, Gollé in the south and Kiota in the southwest. The municipality is divided into 23 administrative villages (including Goudel ), 14 traditional villages, four hamlets and 21 camps. The main town of the rural municipality is the administrative village of Garankédey.

history

The rural community of Garankédey emerged from a part of the canton of Dosso in 2002 as part of a nationwide administrative reform. In 2009, floods attempted material damage in the administrative village of Gonda Tarey, directly affecting 400 residents.

population

At the 2001 census, Garankédey had 24,871 inhabitants. At the 2012 census, the population was 35,009. The majority of the population are Zarma , there is also a minority of Fulbe .

Economy and Infrastructure

Garankédey is in a zone where rain-fed agriculture is practiced. There are two secondary schools in the municipality, located in the administrative villages of Garankédey and Deytégui Attili, and 20 primary schools. A 45 kilometer long slope connects Deytégui Attili with the regional capital Dosso. The sandy traffic routes in the interior of the rural community are not very practical in the rainy season.

Personalities

• Seyni Garba (* 1953), officer and diplomat
• Amadou Hassane (* 1931), politician and trade unionist

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 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. 
2. ^ Republic of Niger: Loi n ° 2002-014 du 11 JUIN 2002 portant création des communes et fixant le nom de leurs chefs-lieux .
3. ↑ Situation des besoins des populations victimes d'inondations (2009) ( Memento of the original dated February 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Center d'Information et de Communication website, published on September 22, 2009, accessed on March 31, 2012.  
4. ^ 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. 53.
5. ↑ 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). 
6. ^ 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. 
7. ↑ Présentation de la commune de Garankédey  ( page no longer available , 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 March 17, 2012.