Gougaram
| Gougaram rural parish | |||
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| Coordinates | 18 ° 29 ′ N , 7 ° 47 ′ E | ||
| Basic data | |||
| Country | Niger | ||
| Agadez | |||
| department | Arlit | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | NE-1 | ||
| Residents | 10,336 (2012) | ||
| politics | |||
| mayor | Mohamed Aoutchiki (2004) | ||
| Political party | PNDS Tarayya | ||
Gougaram (also: Goûgaram ) is a rural community in the Arlit department in Niger .
geography
Gougaram is located on the western edge of the Aïr Mountains and borders the neighboring state of Algeria in the northwest . The neighboring communities in Niger are Djado in the west, Iférouane in the southeast and Arlit and Dannet in the southwest. The region is dominated by the Sahelian climate , with high temperatures and low, irregular rainfall between 50 and 100 mm of rain per year. The municipality is divided into the administrative village of Oumarat and 14 water points.
history
The rural community of Gougaram was established as an administrative unit in 2002 in an area that was previously free of a community. In the flood disaster in West and Central Africa in 2010 , 2144 residents of Gougaram were classified as disaster victims, more than in any other municipality in the Agadez region.
population
At the 2001 census, Gougaram had 4010 inhabitants, 105 of them in the village of Oumarat. At the 2012 census, the total population was 10,336. In the south of the municipality which is Tamascheq - variety Tayart that Tamascheq-variety along the border with Algeria to the north Tahaggart spoken.
politics
In the local elections in July 2004, Mohamed Aoutchiki ( PNDS-Tarayya ) was elected mayor. On April 15, 2010, the Council of Ministers appointed Ahmed Alghous Administrator ( Administrateur Délégué ) of the municipality.
Economy and Infrastructure
Gougaram also serves as a military station for control purposes. A primary school reopened in 2010 is located in the community.
Individual evidence
- ^ Gougaram on the website of the Association Développement Solidarité Niger, accessed on January 13, 2012.
- ↑ 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 November 8, 2010.
- ↑ Situation des besoins des populations victimes d'inondations (2010) ( Memento of the original from October 16, 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. . Website of the Center d'Information et de Communication, published on September 23, 2010, accessed on March 31, 2012.
- ^ 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.
- ↑ 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 18, 2014 (French).
- ↑ Niger map. In: Ethnologue: Languages of the World. Seventeenth edition. SIL International, 2013, accessed July 18, 2013 .
- ^ Maires du PNDS. (PDF) PNDS-Tarayya , archived from the original on December 2, 2013 ; accessed on February 14, 2018 (French).
- ^ Conseil des ministres du Niger on 15 avril 2010. In: Temoust.org. April 16, 2010, archived from the original on April 18, 2010 ; accessed on February 14, 2018 (French).
- ↑ Primary school Gougaram ( 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. on the website of the aid organization Enmigraw, accessed on January 13, 2012.
