Guidjigaoua

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Location of Guidjigaoua in Niger

Guidjigaoua (also: Gadjigaoua , Gijigaoua , Gijigawa , Gijikawa , Guigawa , Guigigawa , Guiji Gama , Guijigawa , Guizigawa , Guijikawa ) is a village in the rural community of Olléléwa in Niger .

The village, led by a traditional local chief (chef traditionnel) , is located in the Damergou countryside , around 27 kilometers north of the village of Olléléwa, the capital of the rural community of the same name, which belongs to the Tanout department in the Zinder region. The larger settlements in the vicinity of Guidjigaoua include the town of Tanout in the northeast, about 32 kilometers away , the village of Dan Kamsa in the east, about 14 kilometers away, the village of Sabon Kafi in the southeast and the village of Gangara in about 23 kilometers Southwest.

Guidjigaoua is named after the caper family Maerua crassifolia , which is known locally as Jiga and was used in sacrificial rituals. The village's location in the center of Damergou made it a center of attraction and a stopover for migrants in the 19th century. In 1901 Henri Gaden was commissioned with the colonial occupation of Damergou for France , which was to take place from Zinder , which had recently become French . Gaden decided to set up the first French post in Guidjigaoua, which had only 200 to 300 inhabitants, but was strategically located at the crossroads of several trade routes. The post was founded in May 1901. In September of the same year, it was moved to the politically more important Djadjidouna .

At the 2012 census, Guidjigaoua had 913 residents who lived in 140 households. At the 2001 census, the population was 340 in 59 households, and at the 1988 census, the population was 192 in 27 households.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b National Repertoire des Localités (ReNaLoc). (RAR) Institut National de la Statistique de la République du Niger, July 2014, pp. 690–691 , accessed on August 7, 2015 (French).
  2. ^ Issa Mahaman Malam: Aux sources de l'histoire Africaine. Témoignage de la toponymie, de l'onomastique et de l'ethnonymie . In: Godo Godo. Revue semestrielle de l'institut d'histoire d'art et d'archéologie africaine . No. 23 , 2013, ISSN  1817-5597 , p. 78–79 ( revues-ufhb-ci.org [PDF; accessed January 28, 2019]).
  3. ↑ a b Yehoshua Rash: Des colonisateurs sans enthousiasme: les années françaises au Damergou (suite et fin) . In: Revue française d'histoire d'outre-mer . No. 215 , 1972, p. 261 and 276 ( persee.fr [accessed January 26, 2019]).
  4. ↑ Edmond Séré de Rivières: Histoire du Niger . Berger-Levrault, Paris 1965, p. 233 .
  5. ^ Répertoire National des Communes (RENACOM). (RAR file) (No longer available online.) Institut National de la Statistique, archived from the original on January 9, 2017 ; Retrieved November 8, 2010 (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.stat-niger.org
  6. ↑ Recensement Général de la Population 1988: Répertoire National des Villages du Niger . Bureau Central de Recensement, Ministère du Plan, République du Niger, Niamey March 1991, p. 427 ( ceped.org [PDF; accessed January 31, 2018]). www.ceped.org ( Memento of the original dated January 31, 2018 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.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ceped.org

Coordinates: 14 ° 45 '  N , 8 ° 41'  E