Gouré (department)

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Gouré department
Departments in the Zinder region until 2011
Departments in the Zinder region until 2011
Basic data
Country Niger
region cinder
Seat Gouré
Residents 332,278 (2012)
ISO 3166-2 NE-7
politics
prefect Mohamed Mahamadou

Coordinates: 13 ° 59 ′  N , 10 ° 16 ′  E

Gouré is a department in the region of Zinder in Niger .

geography

The department is located in the southeast of the country and borders Nigeria . It consists of the township of Gouré and the rural parishes of Alakoss , Bouné , Gamou , Guidiguir and Kellé . The eponymous capital of the department is Gouré.

history

The Gouré department roughly corresponds to the historical Mounio area . After Niger gained independence in 1960, the national territory was divided into 32 districts ( circonscriptions ). One of them was the Gouré district. 1964 an administrative reform divided Niger into seven departments, the predecessors of the later regions, and 32 arrondissements , the predecessors of the later departments. In the course of this, the Gouré district was converted into the Gouré arrondissement.

In 1998, the previous Arrondissements of Niger were elevated to departments, each headed by a prefect appointed by the Council of Ministers. The department has been divided into communes since 2002. Before that, it consisted of the urban center Gouré, the cantons of Gouré, Alakoss, Bouné, Gamou and Kellé / Koutous, and a residual zone. In 2011, Tesker was separated from the Gouré department as a separate department.

population

According to the 2012 census, the Gouré department has 332,278 inhabitants. In the 2001 census, before the separation of Tesker, it was 227,400 inhabitants, in the 1988 census 161,531 inhabitants and in the 1977 census 114,098 inhabitants. The department is a major settlement area of ​​the Dazaga- speaking Tubu in Niger.

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 the Gouré department (selection)
Term of office Surname
...
Apr 15, 2010 - Jun 3, 2011 Bagalé Souley Hassan Iboun
Jun 3, 2011 - Jul 29, 2016 Ali Ranao (aka Ali Ranaou)
Jul 29, 2016 - Jul 26, 2019 Sani Nassarou
since Jul. 26, 2019 Mohamed Mahamadou

literature

  • Nana Aïchatou Issaley: L'élevage dans un contexte de communalisation au Niger entre enjeux économiques et enjeux politiques. Cas du Département de Gouré et des éleveurs Peul . Dissertation. École des hautes études en sciences sociales, Paris 2012.
  • Mamane Issakou Amadou: Place des cultures des cuvettes dans la lutte contre l'insécurité alimentaire des ménages dans le département de Gouré. Cas des cuvettes de Iskour, Kilakina, Alamba, Riria, Goguiné, Doubagara et Gaggabi . Faculté d'Agronomie, Université Abdou Moumouni de Niamey, Niamey 2012.
  • Adoul Kader Bachard Lamine: Contribution à l'étude de la biodiversité dans l'arrondissement de Gouré . Faculté d'Agronomie, Université Abdou Moumouni, Niamey 1994.
  • Loko Ibrahim Illo: Caractérisation de douze (12) aires pastorales des départements de Gouré et de Tesker . Mémoire. Faculté d'Agronomie, Université Abdou Moumouni de Niamey, Niamey 2017.
  • Ibrahim Malam Mamane Sani: Entre insécurités alimentaires et impératifs culturels au Niger. Le cas du département de Gouré en 2005 . Dissertation. Université de Franche-Comté, Besançon 2015.
  • Ibrahim Malam Mamane Sani: Repenser la gouvernance alimentaire et nutritionnelle au Niger. La crise alimentaire dans le département de Gouré (2005) . L'Harmattan, Paris 2016, ISBN 978-2-343-09548-6 .
  • Laouali Souley Mahamane: Caractérisation de la végétation des états de surfaces des sites de fixation de dunes du département de Gouré (Niger-est) . Faculté d'Agronomie, Université Abdou Moumouni de Niamey, Niamey 2013.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Zinder. (No longer available online.) In: Projet d'Appui au Processus de la Décentralization. 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). 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / decentralization-niger.org
  2. ↑ Edmond Séré de Rivières: Histoire du Niger . Berger-Levrault, Paris 1965, p. 19 .
  3. ↑ Edmond Séré de Rivières: Histoire du Niger . Berger-Levrault, Paris 1965, p. 275 .
  4. ↑ Historique de la decentralization. ANIYA. Réseau des collectivités nigériennes et françaises, archived from the original on April 6, 2012 ; Retrieved January 28, 2014 (French).
  5. ^ Répartition de la Population de la Région de ZINDER par Sexe selon le Département, Canton ou Zone Restante et le Center Urbain. (PDF file) Institut National de la Statistique du Niger, 2001, accessed on January 28, 2014 (French).
  6. ↑ 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]).
  7. ↑ Présentation des résultats préliminaires du Quatrième (4ème) Recensement Général de la Population et de l'Habitat (RGPH) 2012. (PDF file) Institut National de la Statistique du Niger, April 2013, p. 6 , accessed on January 28 2014 (French).
  8. ^ Annuaire statistique des cinquante ans d'indépendance du Niger. (PDF file; 3.1 MB) Institut Nationale de la Statistique du Niger, 2010, p. 49 , accessed on January 27, 2013 (French).
  9. ↑ Edmond Séré de Rivières: Histoire du Niger . Berger-Levrault, Paris 1965, p. 57 .
  10. ^ Communiqué du conseil des ministres du jeudi 15 avril 2010. In: Niger Diaspora. April 15, 2010, accessed October 14, 2018 (French).
  11. ^ Au Conseil des ministres: le gouvernement adopte plusieurs projets de lois et des mesures nominatives. In: PlaneteAfrique. June 6, 2011, accessed October 14, 2018 (French).
  12. ↑ Communiqué du Conseil des ministres du vendredi 29 juillet 2016. (No longer available online.) In: Tamtam Info. August 1, 2016, archived from the original on August 6, 2016 ; accessed on October 14, 2018 (French). 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.tamtaminfo.com
  13. ^ Communiqué du Conseil des ministres du vendredi June 26, 2019. In: Niger Diaspora. July 27, 2019, accessed August 3, 2019 (French).