Inatès

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Inatès rural commune
Rural community of Inatès (Niger)
Inatès rural commune
Inatès rural commune
Coordinates 15 ° 14 ′  N , 1 ° 19 ′  E Coordinates: 15 ° 14 ′  N , 1 ° 19 ′  E
Basic data
Country Niger

region

Tillabéri
department Tillabéri
ISO 3166-2 NE-6
Residents 23,503 (2012)

Inatès (also: Inates , Innates , In-Atèss , In-Atès ) is a rural municipality in the Tillabéri department in Niger .

geography

Children in Inatès

Inatès is located in the Sahel zone and borders the neighboring state of Mali in the north . The neighboring communities in Niger are Tondikiwindi in the east, Anzourou in the south and Ayérou in the west. The settlements in the municipality are 40 villages, 30 hamlets and 4 camps. The main town of the rural municipality is the village of Inatès.

history

The area of ​​Inatès came under French military administration in 1899 as part of the newly created Sinder district . In 1905 the place was attached to the new military territory of Niger. As an administrative unit, the rural community Inatès was created in 2002 as part of a nationwide administrative reform. The canton of Ayorou was dissolved and its territory was divided between the municipalities of Inatès and Ayérou.

During the flood disaster in West and Central Africa in 2010 , 2,555 inhabitants of Inatès were classified as disaster victims, more than in any other municipality in the Tillabéri department.

In an attack by jihadists on the Inatès military camp on July 1, 2019, 18 Nigerien soldiers were killed. The military camp was attacked again on December 10, 2019. This time 71 soldiers and 57 of the attackers died, another 12 soldiers were injured. The camp could only be recaptured with reinforcements from the city of Ouallam . The West African branch of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack . It was the worst jihadist attack in Niger's history to date. The government of President Mahamadou Issoufou declared a three-day state mourning .

population

Camel riders in Inatès

At the 2012 census, Inatès had 23,503 inhabitants who lived in 3,238 households. At the 2001 census, the population was 2,113 in 321 households.

The capital Inatès had 741 inhabitants at the 2012 census, 566 at the 2001 census and 1,165 at the 1988 census.

52% of the population of Inatès were classified as poor or very poor in a 2011 study by the French non-governmental organization ACTED. More than 72% of the population had access to latrines in the vicinity, which is high compared to other communities in the north of the Tillabéri region.

Economy and Infrastructure

The parish is located at the transition from the agropastoral zone of the south to the zone of pure grazing in the north.

Personalities

Web links

Commons : Inatès  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Répertoire National des Localités (ReNaLoc). (RAR) Institut National de la Statistique de la République du Niger, July 2014, pp. 413–415 , accessed on August 7, 2015 (French).
  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. ↑ Edmond Séré de Rivières: Histoire du Niger . Berger-Levrault, Paris 1965, pp. 234-235.
  4. ↑ Situation des besoins des populations victimes d'inondations (2010) ( Memento of the original from October 16, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) 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. . Website of the Center d'Information et de Communication, published on September 23, 2010, accessed on March 31, 2012.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cic.ne
  5. ↑ Niger: 18 soldiers tués lors de l'attaque d'un camp militaire près de la frontière avec le Mali. In: Le Monde Afrique. July 2, 2019, accessed December 13, 2019 (French).
  6. ^ Dominic Johnson: Islamist attack in Niger: Attack lasting for hours. In: taz.de. December 12, 2019, accessed December 13, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Niger pays tribute to 71 soldiers killed in Inates jihadist attack. In: RFI. December 13, 2019, accessed December 13, 2019 .
  8. ↑ a b Répertoire National des Communes (RENACOM). (RAR file) Institut National de la Statistique, accessed November 8, 2010 (French).
  9. ↑ Recensement Général de la Population 1988: Répertoire National des Villages du Niger . Bureau Central de Recensement, Ministère du Plan, République du Niger, Niamey March 1991, p. 273 ( web.archive.org [PDF; accessed May 4, 2019]).
  10. ^ Départements de Tillabéri, Ouallam et Filingué, Region of Tillabéri. Evaluation of the Humanitarian Situation . Agence d'aide à la coopération technique et au développement (ACTED), Paris 2011 ( online version ; PDF; 324 kB).
  11. ^ 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.savethechildren.org.uk