Hippodrome Niamey

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Hippodrome de Niamey
Hippodrome de Niamey
Hippodrome de Niamey
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place Niamey , Niger
Template: Coordinate / Maintenance / Stadium
opening 1961
surface sand
capacity 60,000 people

The Hippodrome (pronunciation: [ˌipɔˈdʁɔm] ) is a sports facility for horse and camel races in Niamey in Niger .

investment

The Hippodrome is located in the Niamey IV arrondissement on Boulevard du 15 Avril, the road connecting the city center and Niamey Airport . Niamey train station is located directly northwest of the racetrack . The Niamey Green Belt begins in the northeast . The adjacent neighborhoods in the southeast and southwest are Talladjé and Gamkalley Golley .

The facility has four race tracks: over 1600 meters, 2000 meters and 2400 meters for horse races and over 2500 meters for camel races. The routes are made of sand. Races usually take place every weekend.

history

Until 1958, the Hippodrome was located closer to the city center on the site of the later Stade municipal de Niamey . The place name of the Lacouroussou district is reminiscent of its former location , a modification of the French term la course for "the racetrack".

The hippodrome at its current location was opened in 1961 by President Hamani Diori . During the 2005 Francophonie Games, the Hippodrome hosted a Fantasia in front of around 60,000 spectators.

See also

Web links

Commons : Hippodrome Niamey  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Program participatif d'amélioration des bidonvilles - résultats de l'équipe pays: République du Niger. (PDF) UN-HABITAT , 2011, p. 11 , accessed on January 29, 2017 (French).
  2. ↑ Djibo Albaka Mohamadou: Course hippique à l'hippodrome de Niamey: Le cheval 3N you député Sabiou Mamane remporte le Grand Prix Aïssa Diori. In: Le Sahel . June 17, 2016, accessed February 4, 2017 (French).
  3. ↑ Niger: sur les traces d'un cheval légendaire sur l'hippodrome poussiéreux de Niamey. In: la-croix.com. March 17, 2016, accessed February 4, 2017 (French).
  4. ^ Bania Mahamadou Say : Le Niger et ses Merveilles . Office national du tourisme, Niamey 1989, p. 39 .
  5. ^ Klaas van Walraven: The Yearning for Relief. A History of the Sawaba Movement in Niger . Brill, Leiden 2013, ISBN 978-90-04-24574-7 , pp. 129 .
  6. ↑ Djibo Albarka Mohamadou: Course hippique dans le cadre du Centenaire de Diori Hamani: 16 chevaux au départ des 1200m. In: Niger Diaspora. June 13, 2016, accessed February 4, 2017 (French).
  7. ^ Scott M. Youngstedt: The 5th Francophonie Sports and Arts Festival: Niamey, Niger Hosts a Global Community . In: African Studies Quarterly . Volume 10, No. 2 & 3 , 2008, p. 144 ( sites.clas.ufl.edu [PDF; accessed February 4, 2017]).

Coordinates: 13 ° 29 ′ 49.6 "  N , 2 ° 8 ′ 24.7"  E