Gazaoua (department)

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Gazaoua Department
Departments in the Maradi region until 2011
Departments in the Maradi region until 2011
Basic data
Country Niger
region Maradi
Seat Gazaoua
Residents 160,536 (2012)
ISO 3166-2 NE-4
politics
prefect Souley Mahaman

Coordinates: 13 ° 32 '  N , 7 ° 55'  E

Gazaoua is a department in the region of Maradi in Niger .

geography

The department is located in the south of the country and borders Nigeria . It consists of the rural parishes of Gangara and Gazaoua . The eponymous capital of the department is Gazaoua.

history

The department goes back to the administrative post ( poste administratif ) of Gazaoua, which was established in 1964. In 2011 the administrative post was removed from the Aguié department and raised to the Gazaoua department.

population

According to the 2012 census, the Gazaoua department has 160,536 inhabitants. From 2001 to 2012 the population increased by an average of 3.4% annually (nationwide: 3.9%).

administration

At the head of the department is a prefect (French: préfet ) who is appointed by the Council of Ministers on the proposal of the Minister of the Interior .

Prefects of Gazaoua Department
Term of office Surname
Feb. 29, 2012 - Jul. 29, 2016 Idi Ibrahim
Jul 29, 2016 - Jul 30, 2020 Abdou Boukari
since Jul 30, 2020 Souley Mahaman

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Maradi. In: Projet d'Appui au Processus de la Decentralization. Ministère de l'Intérieur, de la Sécurité Publique, de la Décentralization et des Affaires Religieuses, archived from the original on February 2, 2014 ; Retrieved January 28, 2014 (French).
  2. ↑ Edmond Séré de Rivières: Histoire du Niger . Berger-Levrault, Paris 1965, p. 275 .
  3. ↑ 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]).
  4. ↑ 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).
  5. ↑ Présentation des résultats préliminaires du Quatrième (4ème) Recensement Général de la Population et de l'Habitat (RGPH) 2012. (PDF) Institut National de la Statistique du Niger, April 2013, pp. 5–6 , accessed on January 28 2014 (French).
  6. ↑ Au Conseil des ministres: Le gouvernement adopte plusieurs projets de textes et des mesures nominatives . In: Le Sahel . March 1, 2012, p. 4 ( nigerdiaspora.net [PDF; accessed October 15, 2018]).
  7. ↑ Communiqué du Conseil des ministres du vendredi 29 June 2016. In: Tamtam Info. August 1, 2016, archived from the original on August 6, 2016 ; accessed on October 14, 2018 (French).
  8. ↑ Communiqué du Conseil des ministres du vendredi 30 June 2020. In: Niger Diaspora. August 1, 2020, accessed on August 2, 2020 (French).