Kawara (Doguérawa)

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Location of Kawara in Niger

Kawara is a village in the Doguérawa rural community in Niger .

The village, headed by a traditional local chief (chef traditionnel) , is located in the Maggia valley , around 17 kilometers north of Doguérawa, the capital of the rural community of the same name, which belongs to the Malbaza department in the Tahoua region. Among the larger villages around Kawara include the approximately ten kilometers northeast location Gounfara which some 17 kilometers to the south Galmi and around 20 kilometers south-east location Magaria Makera Bakalé .

Kawara was in 2005 and 2012 from cholera - epidemic affected, although in 2012 among the villagers 43 illnesses and one death were reported. The effects of the epidemics have traumatized local residents.

At the 2012 census, Kawara had 9,064 inhabitants who lived in 1,506 households. At the 2001 census, the population was 6,305 in 1,063 households, and at the 1988 census, the population was 3,988 in 718 households.

The population consists mainly of Hausa , there are also small minorities of Tuareg and Fulbe .

The main occupation in Kawara is agriculture, especially the cultivation of millet , sorghum , onions and tomatoes. Cross-border trade with Nigeria and seasonal labor migration, which is practiced by around 80% of male residents between the ages of 19 and 35, are also of economic importance . For example, you work as a seller of yams in Nigeria and in slaughterhouses in Ivory Coast and Gabon . Every Tuesday there is a weekly market in Kawara with several hundred vendors. The village has a Center de Santé Intégré (CSI), a health center that opened in 2016 and was responsible for caring for over 25,200 people in the same year. The Spanish peace organization Movimiento por la Paz (MPDL) supported the establishment of the CSI. The Kawara Dam, built in 1968, is northwest of the village .

literature

  • Issa Ousseini: La culture attelée sur les périmètres irrigués de Kawara, Guidan-Magagi et Tounfafi (aménagements hydroagricoles de Tahoua) . Faculté d'Agronomie, Université de Niamey, Niamey 1986.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b National Repertoire des Localités (ReNaLoc). (RAR) Institut National de la Statistique de la République du Niger, July 2014, p. 373 , accessed on 7 August 2015 (French).
  2. ↑ a b Paul Cottavoz: WASH et choléra - stratégie bouclier dans les aires de santé les plus affectées des régions sanitaires de Tillabéri, Tahoua et Maradi. Rapport d'évaluation. (PDF) UNICEF Niger, May 2016, pp. 64–65 , accessed on October 26, 2018 (French).
  3. ^ Répertoire National des Communes (RENACOM). (RAR file) (No longer available online.) Institut National de la Statistique, archived from the original on January 9, 2017 ; Retrieved November 8, 2010 (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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.stat-niger.org
  4. ↑ 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. 293 ( ceped.org [PDF; accessed January 31, 2018]). www.ceped.org ( Memento of the original dated January 31, 2018 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.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ceped.org
  5. ↑ Inventaire des petits barrages du Niger . Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), December 1996, p. 9 ( repository.uneca.org [PDF; accessed September 23, 2018]).

Coordinates: 14 ° 7 '  N , 5 ° 37'  E