Kawara N'Débé

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Location of Kawara N'Débé in Niger

Kawara N'Débé (also: Kalliul , Kaouara Débé , Kaoura N'Débé , Kawara Débé , Kawaran Débé ) is a village in the rural community of Yélou in Niger .

geography

The village, run by a traditional chief ( chef traditionnel ), is located about 17 kilometers northwest of Yélou, the capital of the rural community of the same name, which belongs to the Gaya department in the Dosso region. Another large village in the vicinity of Kawara N'Débé is Malgorou in the south, also around 17 kilometers away . Kawara N'Débé is located in the 317,520 hectare wetland of the Dallol Maouri , which is protected under the Ramsar Convention . The settlement lies on the right bank of another large dry valley, the Dallol Foga . It was built on a dike-like elevation that separates the watercourse of the Dallol Foga from a zone with smaller dry valleys (koris) coming from the west .

history

Kalliul (Kawara N'Débé) in Stieler's Hand Atlas (1891)

Kawara N'Débé was founded at the beginning of the 19th century by Hausa refugees from Kebbi , whose hometown Birnin Debe had been destroyed in the jihad of the Fulbe . The German Africa explorer Heinrich Barth visited Kawara N'Débé (Kalliul) in July 1853 and August 1854. He described the Fulbe settlement at that time as a center of salt production. This was important well into the 20th century. In 1924, an estimated 149 workers were employed in the salt production in Kawara N'Débé.

population

At the 2012 census, Kawara N'Débé had 3,132 inhabitants who lived in 400 households. At the 2001 census, the population was 2,144 in 275 households, and at the 1988 census, the population was 2,381 in 314 households. Previously recorded population figures were: 1148 in 1964, 1010 in 1960, 876 in 1953 and 255 in 1932.

literature

  • R. Rochette: Au Niger: Kawara-Débé, village de mares . In: Revue Géographique Alpine . Vol. 53, No. 2 , 1965, p. 169-203 ( persee.fr ).
  • R. Rochette, J.-D. Gronoff, F. Masseport and A. Valançot: Douméga, Dioundiou, Kawara Débé, villages des Dallols Maouri et Fogha. Monographies comparées (=  Etudes nigériennes . No. 19 ). IFAN, Niamey 1966.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b National Repertoire des Localités (ReNaLoc). (RAR) Institut National de la Statistique de la République du Niger, July 2014, p. 168 , accessed on 7 August 2015 (French).
  2. ↑ Dallol Maouri. In: Ramsar Sites Information Service. April 13, 2018, accessed July 3, 2019 .
  3. ^ R. Rochette: Au Niger: Kawara-Débé, village de mares . In: Revue Géographique Alpine . Vol. 53, No. 2 , 1965, p. 179 ( persee.fr [accessed July 3, 2019]).
  4. ^ A b Paul E. Lovejoy: Salt of the Desert Sun. A History of Salt Production and Trade in the Central Sudan . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1986, ISBN 0-521-30182-3 , pp. 129 and 131 .
  5. ^ 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
  6. ↑ 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. 112 ( 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
  7. ^ R. Rochette: Au Niger: Kawara-Débé, village de mares . In: Revue Géographique Alpine . Vol. 53, No. 2 , 1965, p. 198 ( persee.fr [accessed April 1, 2019]).

Coordinates: 12 ° 20 '  N , 3 ° 26'  E