Iférouane (department)

Iférouane department
Departments in the Agadez region until 2011
Basic data
Country	Niger
region	Agadez
Seat	Iférouane
Residents	32,731 (2012)
ISO 3166-2	NE-1
politics
prefect	Aghali Hamil Moustapha

Coordinates: 19 ° 4 ′  N , 8 ° 25 ′  E

Iferouane is a department in the region of Agadez in Niger .

geography

Landscape of the Blue Mountains in the Iférouane department

The department is located in the north of the country. It consists of the municipality of Iférouane and the rural municipality of Timia . The eponymous capital of the department is Iférouane.

history

The department goes back to the administrative post ( poste administratif ) of Iférouane, which was established in 1964. In 2011 the administrative post was removed from the Arlit department and elevated to the Iférouane department.

population

The Iférouane department has 32,731 inhabitants according to the 2012 census. From 2001 to 2012 the population increased by an average of 2.9% annually (nationwide: 3.9%).

administration

At the head of the department is a prefect (French: préfet ) who is appointed by the Council of Ministers on the proposal of the Minister of the Interior .

Prefect of the Department of Iférouane

Term of office	Surname
Feb. 29, 2012 - Jun. 25, 2015	Hassane Anoutab
Jun 25, 2015 - Jul 29, 2016	Aboubakar Mamadou Marah
since Jul. 29, 2016	Aghali Hamil Moustapha

Web links

Commons : Iférouane (Department)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Agadez. (No longer available online.) In: Projet d'Appui au Processus de la Décentralization. Ministère de l'Intérieur, de la Sécurité Publique, de la Décentralization et des Affaires Religieuses, archived from the original on February 2, 2014 ; Retrieved January 28, 2014 (French). 
2. ↑ Edmond Séré de Rivières: Histoire du Niger . Berger-Levrault, Paris 1965, p. 275 .
3. ↑ Une nouvelle loi sur le redécoupage administratif . In: L'Arbre à Palabres . No. 13 , August 11, 2011, p. 2 ( nigerdiaspora.net [PDF; accessed on January 28, 2014]).
4. ↑ 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 18, 2014 (French). 
5. ↑ Présentation des résultats préliminaires du Quatrième (4ème) Recensement Général de la Population et de l'Habitat (RGPH) 2012. (PDF) Institut National de la Statistique du Niger, April 2013, pp. 5–6 , accessed on January 28 2014 (French). 
6. ↑ Au Conseil des ministres: Le gouvernement adopte plusieurs projets de textes et des mesures nominatives . In: Le Sahel . March 1, 2012, p. 4 ( nigerdiaspora.net [PDF; accessed October 15, 2018]).
7. ↑ Au conseil des ministres du 25 June 2015: Deux projets de décret, des mesures nominatives et des communications. In: Niger Diaspora. June 26, 2015, accessed October 14, 2018 (French). 
8. ↑ Communiqué du Conseil des ministres du vendredi 29 juillet 2016. (No longer available online.) In: Tamtam Info. August 1, 2016, archived from the original on August 6, 2016 ; accessed on October 14, 2018 (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.