Hamdallaye (Niger)

Hamdallaye rural community
Hamdallaye rural community
Coordinates	13 ° 33 '  N , 2 ° 24'  E Coordinates: 13 ° 33 '  N , 2 ° 24'  E
Basic data
Country	Niger
region	Tillabéri
department	Collo
surface	1852 km²
Residents	57.002 (2012)
density	30.8  Ew. / km²

Hamdallaye is a rural municipality in the department of Kollo in Niger .

geography

Children with donkey carts in the main town of Hamdallaye (2019)

Hamdallaye is located in the Sahel zone and is a northeastern suburb of the Nigerien capital Niamey . The other neighboring communities of Hamdallayes are Karma in the northwest, Simiri in the north, Tagazar in the northeast, Dantchandou in the southeast and Kouré , Liboré and N'Dounga in the south. The settlements in the municipality are 54 villages, 27 hamlets and a water point. The main town of the rural community is Hamdallaye village. Other large villages in the municipality are Barkiawal Béri, Fandou Béri , Fatakadjé, Gardama Koira, Gounou Bangou, Kayan Zarma, Lawèye, Ouratondi and Tondigamèye.

The average annual rainfall in Hamdallaye is around 435 millimeters with between 31 and 37 rainy days a year. The vegetation is characterized by tiger bush . Andropogon , Aristida , love grass and day flowers grow in the herb layer . The predominant shrubs are the winged family Combretum micranthum , Combretum nigricans and Guiera senegalensis . Typical tree species are Acacia nilotica , Ana trees , film-leaved jujubes and desert dates , in the valleys also Ethiopian palmyra palms , doum palms , eucalyptus , guavas and mangoes . The trees are dwindling due to their heavy use as firewood and construction wood.

history

The place name Hamdallaye is derived from the Arabic phrase Alhamdulillah . The traditional mansion ( French : chefferie ) of the Zarma in Hamdallaye was created in the middle of the 17th century. The French colonial administration set up a canton in Hamdallaye in the first third of the 20th century, thereby releasing the place from the sphere of influence of the chefferie of the neighboring town of N'Dounga. The rural community of Hamdallaye emerged from the canton of Hamdallaye in 2002 as part of a state-wide administrative reform. In 2007 it was one of the venues for the first edition of the Pripalo open air cultural festival under the direction of Achirou Wagé .

population

At the 2012 census, Hamdallaye had 57,002 residents who lived in 6147 households. At the 2001 census, the population was 40,110 in 4,276 households. The majority of the population are Zarma , and Fulbe , Bella , Hausa and Gourmantché also live in the rural community.

Economy and Infrastructure

Truck with hay on National Road 25 in Hamdallaye (2019)

The community is located in a zone where rain-fed agriculture is practiced. Millet and sorghum are grown for self-sufficiency . Growing cowpeas , peanuts, pumpkins, okra , sesame seeds and onions is also common. Fruit trees thrive near watering holes. The extensively -powered agriculture suffers inter alia, insufficient and irregular rainfall, soil degradation and outdated equipment. The most widespread economic activity in Hamdallaye after farming is livestock, which includes cattle, camels, donkeys, horses, sheep, goats, and poultry. Sedentary cattle breeding is the domain of women. In transhumant livestock farming, the farmers use pastures in the north - in Ouallam , Filingué and Mali - and south of the community on the Niger River . The main problems are lack of food and animal diseases.

More than an eighth of the population are migrant workers who spend two to three months a year in the capital Niamey and in other countries. Due to the poverty of the population and the remoteness of the rural community, trade is poorly developed. There are eight weekly markets in Hamdallaye. The manual activities of women, such as weaving and hat-making, are primarily impaired by a lack of materials and competition from imported products.

More than half of the classrooms in the 49 public elementary schools in the rural community are simple thatched huts. In the main town there is a health center (French: Center de Santé Intégre ) and a medicine depot. The number and skills of medical staff are insufficient. National Road 25 runs through Hamdallaye and runs from Niamey to Tébaram in the Tahoua department .

Personalities

• Djado Sékou (1926–1988), narrator

literature

• Integrated Management of Agricultural Watersheds (IMAW). Characterization of a Research Site Near Hamdallaye, Niger (=  TropSoils Bulletin . No. 91-03 ). Soil Management CRSP, North Carolina State University, November 1991 ( pdf.usaid.gov ).
• Mounkaïla Garba Boulamine: Contribution des groupements féminins Mata Masu Dubara à la résilience climatique. Cas de la commune de Hamdallaye au Niger . Mémoire. Faculté d'Agronomie, Université Abdou Moumouni de Niamey, Niamey 2013.
• Mamadou Ouattara: A study of two toposequences of the dry valley systems of western Niger (West Africa) . Dissertation. Texas A&M University, College Station 1990.

Web links

Commons : Hamdallaye (Niger)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Répertoire National des Localités (ReNaLoc). (RAR) Institut National de la Statistique de la République du Niger, July 2014, pp. 454–455 , accessed on August 7, 2015 (French). 
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. ↑ Plan de Développement Communal de Hamdallaye ( online version  ( 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. ), Hamdallaye / Kollo 2009, Pp. 17-18.  
4. ↑ Plan de Développement Communal de Hamdallaye ( online version  ( 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. ), Hamdallaye / Kollo 2009, P. 19.  
5. ↑ Jean-Paul Rothiot: L'ascension d'un chef africain au début de la colonization: Aouta Conqueror . L'Harmattan, Paris 1988, ISBN 2-7384-0013-2 , p. 29.
6. ↑ Edmond Séré de Rivières: Histoire du Niger . Berger-Levrault, Paris 1965, p. 240.
7. ↑ Ibrahim A. Tikiré: Lancement du festival Pripalo. In: Niger Diaspora. July 19, 2007, accessed October 23, 2019 (French). 
8. ^ Répertoire National des Communes (RENACOM). (RAR file) Institut National de la Statistique, accessed November 8, 2010 (French). 
9. ↑ Plan de Développement Communal de Hamdallaye ( online version  ( 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. ), Hamdallaye / Kollo 2009, P. 7.  
10. ^ 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. 
11. ↑ Plan de Développement Communal de Hamdallaye ( online version  ( 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. ), Hamdallaye / Kollo 2009, Pp. 25-26.  
12. ↑ Plan de Développement Communal de Hamdallaye ( online version  ( 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. ), Hamdallaye / Kollo 2009, Pp. 23-24.  
13. ↑ Plan de Développement Communal de Hamdallaye ( online version  ( 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. ), Hamdallaye / Kollo 2009, Pp. 29-30.  
14. ↑ Plan de Développement Communal de Hamdallaye ( online version  ( 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. ), Hamdallaye / Kollo 2009, Pp. 31-32.  
15. ↑ Plan de Développement Communal de Hamdallaye ( online version  ( 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. ), Hamdallaye / Kollo 2009, Pp. 40-41.