Harikanassou

Harikanassou rural community
Harikanassou rural community
Coordinates	13 ° 16 '  N , 2 ° 51'  E Coordinates: 13 ° 16 '  N , 2 ° 51'  E
Basic data
Country	Niger
region	Dosso
department	Boboye
Residents	23,567 (2012)

Harikanassou is a rural municipality in the department boboye department in Niger .

geography

Harikanassou is located at the transition from the Sahel to the greater Sudan landscape . The neighboring communities are Koygolo in the north, Kiota in the east, N'Gonga in the south, Kouré in the southwest and Dantchandou in the northwest. The municipality is divided into 36 administrative villages, 14 traditional villages and eight hamlets. The main town of the rural community is the administrative village of Harikanassou.

In the dry season, the last wild population of West African giraffes migrates from Kouré to the Harikanassou area.

history

The rural community of Harikanassou emerged as an administrative unit in 2002 as part of a nationwide administrative reform in the western part of the canton of Harikanassou / Kiota.

population

At the 2001 census, Harikanassou had 19,976 residents. At the 2012 census, the population was 23,567. Harikanassou is mainly inhabited by the Zarma ethnic group .

Economy and Infrastructure

Due to its location in the valley of the Dallol Bosso , the water table is only a few meters below the surface, which enables the creation of irrigated vegetable gardens. These are cultivated by the women of the community who grow salads, beans, pumpkins, onions and tomatoes there. Many of the male residents, on the other hand, go to the city or to neighboring Nigeria in the dry season to find work.

Personalities

• Amadou Seyni Maïga (* 1942), officer, politician and diplomat, traditional ruler of Kiota and Harikanassou

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 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 January 22, 2011. 
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. ↑ Jolijn Geels: Niger . Bradt, Chalfont St Peter 2006, ISBN 1-84162-152-8 , p. 134.
4. ^ 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.
5. ↑ 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). 
6. ↑ Swissaid Spiegel , No. 2 / April 2007, p. 4 - 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. (pdf).