Imanan
| Imanan rural parish | |||
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| Coordinates | 14 ° 1 ' N , 3 ° 13' E | ||
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| Country | Niger | ||
| Tillabéri | |||
| department | Filingué | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | NE-6 | ||
| Residents | 38,759 (2010) | ||
Imanan is a rural municipality in the department Filingué in Niger .
geography
Imanan is located in the Sahel on the Dallol Bosso . The neighboring communities are Filingué in the north, Kourfeye Center in the east and Tondikandia in the southwest. The municipality is divided into 32 administrative villages and 28 hamlets. The main town of the rural community is the administrative village of Bonkoukou. The 14th north latitude runs through the main town .
history
Imanan was settled by several Tuareg groups at the beginning of the 19th century . Around 1870 Imanan's ruler Bakkim defeated the Zarma of Dosso . After his death in 1888 his son Anar received the rule, Efilla followed him in 1890. The latter had to defend himself against attacks from Karma and Filingué. In 1896 Mazou was his successor. Mazou surrendered to the French in 1901 and fled to Nigeria .
The rural community of Imanan emerged from the Imanan / Bonkoukou canton in 2002 as part of a nationwide administrative reform.
population
At the 2001 census, Imanan had 29,286 inhabitants. For 2010, 38,759 inhabitants were calculated.
Economy and Infrastructure
The community is located on the southern edge of a zone where agropastoralism is practiced. National road 25 runs through Imanan and connects the municipality with the neighboring town of Filingué and the Nigerien capital Niamey .
Personalities
- Torda Haïnikoye (1942–2008), officer and politician
- Mouddour Zakara (1912–1976), politician
literature
- Abdou Ajinimoud Ali: Pratiques paysannes de gestion de la fertilité des sols. Cas du terroir de Fandara . Faculté d'Agronomie, Université Abdou Moumouni de Niamey, Niamey 2004.
- Henri Guillaume: Les nomades interrompus. Introduction à l'étude du canton twareg de l'Imanan . Center nigérien de recherches en sciences humaines, Niamey 1974.
- Ibrahima Assoumane Kélé: Pratiques culturales de production de la pomme de terre à Bonkoukou . Faculté d'Agronomie, Université Abdou Moumouni de Niamey, Niamey 2007.
- Hamed Constantin Tchibozo: Diagnostic du système de production de la pomme de terre in the zone de Bonkoukou (Département de Filingué) . Faculté d'Agronomie, Université Abdou Moumouni de Niamey, Niamey 2007.
- Rebecca Walker: Gender and Social Strata. Struggles Over Land in Imanan Canton, Niger . Dissertation, Carleton University, Ottawa 1992.
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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.
- ^ Republic of Niger: Loi n ° 2002-014 du 11 JUIN 2002 portant création des communes et fixant le nom de leurs chefs-lieux .
- ↑ Edmond Séré de Rivières: Histoire du Niger . Berger-Levrault, Paris 1965, p. 100.
- ↑ Edmond Séré de Rivières: Histoire du Niger . Berger-Levrault, Paris 1965, p. 243.
- ^ 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. 56.
- ^ 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.
