Ibohamane
| Ibohamane rural community | |||
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| Coordinates | 14 ° 48 ' N , 5 ° 56' E | ||
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| Country | Niger | ||
| Tahoua | |||
| department | Keita | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | NE-5 | ||
| Residents | 88,724 (2012) | ||
Ibohamane (also: Ibohaman ) is a rural community in the Keita department in Niger .
geography
Ibohamane is located in the Sahel region . The neighboring communities are Akoubounou in the north, Azèye in the east, Tabotaki in the southeast, Garhanga in the southwest and Keita in the west. The municipality is divided into 67 villages, 33 hamlets, a camp and a water point. The main town of the rural community is the village of Ibohamane. Another larger village in the municipality is Tabofat .
Large parts of the rural community including the main town are located in the Ader Doutchi mountainous landscape . The main valleys in the municipality are the Tinkirana Valley, where the main town of Ibohamane is located, as well as the Gadamata Valley, the Janguébé Valley, the Keita Valley, the Loudou Valley, the Seyté Valley and the Tabofat Valley. In the fertile plateaus of Ibohamane, which are used as pastureland, Boscia senegalensis , Guiera senegalensis and Acacia laeta dominate the vegetation. The valleys in which agriculture predominates are characterized by Bauhinia rufescens , Piliostigma reticulatum and desert dates. Sandy plains extend to the east of the rural community.
history
According to tradition, is derived the place name Ibrohamane a "Aboham" called sorghum - Cultivar ago, which was cultivated long ago in the valley. The rural community Ibohamane emerged as an administrative unit in 2002 in a nationwide administrative reform from part of the canton of Keita.
population
At the 2001 census, Ibohamane had 61,018 inhabitants. At the 2012 census, the population was 88,724. The majority of the population are Tuareg , and Hausa and Fulbe also live in the rural community.
Economy and Infrastructure
Ibohamane lies at the transition from the agropastoral zone in the north to the rain-fed zone in the south. In addition to agriculture, livestock, trade and handicrafts are the main economic activities in the rural community. The Ibohamane Dam was put into operation in 1970 and the neighboring Tegueleguel Dam in 2010.
There are three health centers ( French : centers de santé intégrés ) and nine health houses (French: cases de santé ), the latter functioning inadequately and the health facilities being unevenly distributed across the municipality. In the education system there are 53 primary schools, two Islamic schools and two general secondary schools. The middle schools are located in the main town of Ibohamane and in the village of Gadamata. There is a cattle market in the main town. The market day is Thursday.
literature
- M. Hoepffner, Ph. Garretta: Les Bassins versants de Galmi, Ibohamane et Téguéléguel. Campaign 1977 . ORSTOM, Paris 1977 ( ird.fr [PDF]).
- Aliou Moha: Cultures sèches, cultures irriguées dans le département de Tahoua (Ibohamane) . Faculté d'Agronomie, Université de Niamey, Niamey 1985.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b National Repertoire des Localités (ReNaLoc). (RAR) Institut National de la Statistique de la République du Niger, July 2014, pp. 349–351 , accessed on August 7, 2015 (French).
- ^ Republic of Niger: Loi n ° 2002-014 du 11 JUIN 2002 portant création des communes et fixant le nom de leurs chefs-lieux .
- ↑ M. Bocquier, M. Gavaud: République du Niger. Carte Pedologique de la Région de l'Ader Doutchi. Localization des observations Pédologiques. ORSTOM, Paris ( esdac.jrc.ec.europa.eu [accessed September 30, 2018]).
- ^ Maurizio Tiepolo: Schéma de Développement et d'Aménagement du Département de Keita - Bilan Diagnostic (11 June 2008). (PDF) Projet de Développement Local dans l'Ader Doutchi Maggia, June 11, 2008, p. 28 , accessed on October 8, 2018 (French).
- ↑ a b c Commune Rurale de Ibohamane: Plan de Développement Communal . December 2006 ( online version ( Memento of the original from February 9, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this note .; PDF; 1, 4 MB), pp. 7-8.
- ^ A b Commune Rurale de Ibohamane: Plan de Développement Communal . December 2006 ( online version ( memento of the original dated February 9, 2012 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 file; 1.4 MB), pp. 9-10.
- ^ Institut Nationale de la Statistique du Niger (ed.): Annuaire statistique des cinquante ans d'indépendance du Niger . Niamey 2010 ( online version ; PDF file; 3.0 MB), p. 55.
- ↑ 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 May 1, 2014 (French).
- ^ 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.
- ^ Dams of Africa. (xlsx) Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), accessed on September 23, 2018 .
- ↑ Moutari Souley: Lancement des travaux de deux barrages in the region of Tahoua . In: Le Sahel . May 13, 2009, p. 5 ( nigerdiaspora.net [PDF; accessed September 29, 2018]).
- ^ Mahamadou Saley, Yatta Paul Maurice Mohamed: Projet Régional d'Appui au Pastoralisme au Sahel (PRAPS). Etude diagnostique des Systèmes d'Information sur les marchés à bétail du Burkina Faso, du Mali, de la Mauritanie, du Niger, du Sénégal et du Tchad. Définitif report. (PDF) CILSS , November 2016, accessed on May 2, 2018 (French).
