Keita (department)

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Department of Keita
Departments in the Tahoua region until 2011
Departments in the Tahoua region until 2011
Basic data
Country Niger
region Tahoua
Seat Keita
surface 5297 km²
Residents 337,098 (2012)
density 64 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2 NE-5
politics
prefect Abass Baoua

Coordinates: 14 ° 45 '  N , 5 ° 47'  E

Keita is a department in the region of Tahoua in Niger .

geography

The department is located in the south of the country. It consists of the township of Keita and the rural parishes of Garhanga , Ibohamane and Tamaské . The eponymous capital of the department is Keita.

There are six villages with more than 5000 inhabitants according to the 2012 census:

history

After Niger gained independence in 1960, the national territory was divided into 32 districts ( circonscriptions ). One of them was the Keita district. 1964 an administrative reform divided Niger into seven departments, the predecessors of the later regions, and 32 arrondissements , the predecessors of the later departments. In the course of this, the Keita district was converted into the Keita arrondissement. The future Prime Minister Brigi Rafini headed the arrondissement as sub-prefect from September 1986 to September 1987 .

In 1998, the previous Arrondissements of Niger were elevated to departments, each headed by a prefect appointed by the Council of Ministers. The department has been divided into municipalities since 2002. Before that, it consisted of the urban center Keita and the cantons of Keita, Garhanga / Laba and Tamaské.

population

According to the 2012 census, the Keita department has 337,098 inhabitants. In the 2001 census it was 218,337 inhabitants, in the 1988 census 159,418 inhabitants and in the 1977 census 127,439 inhabitants.

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 .

Prefects of the Keita Department (selection)
Term of office Surname
...
Apr 15, 2010 - Jun 3, 2011 Squad Mohamed
Jun 3, 2011 - Jul 29, 2016 Amadou Kané
Jul 29, 2016 - Mar 23 2017 Abdou Salamou
since March 23 2017 Abass Baoua

literature

  • Malik Garba: Contribution à la réalisation du diagnostic du système agraire du département de Keita . Faculté d'Agronomie, Université Abdou Moumouni de Niamey, Niamey 2012.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tahoua. (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). 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 / decentralization-niger.org
  2. ↑ Répertoire National des localites (ReNaLoc). (RAR) Institut National de la Statistique de la République du Niger, July 2014, pp. 348–355 , accessed on August 7, 2015 (French).
  3. ↑ Edmond Séré de Rivières: Histoire du Niger . Berger-Levrault, Paris 1965, p. 19 .
  4. ↑ Edmond Séré de Rivières: Histoire du Niger . Berger-Levrault, Paris 1965, p. 275 .
  5. ↑ Chaïbou Maman: Répertoire biographique des personnalités de la classe politique et des leaders d'opinion du Niger de 1945 à nos jours . Volume II. Démocratie 2000, Niamey 2003, p. 460 .
  6. ↑ Historique de la decentralization. ANIYA. Réseau des collectivités nigériennes et françaises, archived from the original on April 6, 2012 ; Retrieved January 28, 2014 (French).
  7. ^ Répartition de la Population de la Région de TAHOUA par Sexe selon le Département, Canton ou Zone Restante et le Center Urbain. (PDF file) Institut National de la Statistique du Niger, 2001, accessed on January 28, 2014 (French).
  8. ↑ Presentation of the résultats globaux définitifs du Quatrième (4ème) Recensement Général de la Population et de l'Habitat (RGP / H) de 2012. (PDF file) Institut National de la Statistique, 2014, accessed on May 1, 2014 (French ).
  9. ^ Annuaire statistique des cinquante ans d'indépendance du Niger. (PDF file; 3.1 MB) Institut Nationale de la Statistique du Niger, 2010, p. 49 , accessed on January 27, 2013 (French).
  10. ^ Communiqué du conseil des ministres du jeudi 15 avril 2010. In: Niger Diaspora. April 15, 2010, accessed October 14, 2018 (French).
  11. ^ Au Conseil des ministres: le gouvernement adopte plusieurs projets de lois et des mesures nominatives. In: PlaneteAfrique. June 6, 2011, accessed October 14, 2018 (French).
  12. ↑ 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.tamtaminfo.com
  13. ↑ Le Conseil des Ministres s'est réuni ce jour, jeudi 23 mars 2017, dans la salle habituelle des délibérations, sous la présidence de Son Excellence, Monsieur Issoufou Mahamadou, Président de la République, Président du Conseil des Ministres. In: Agence Nigérienne de Presse (ANP). March 24, 2017, accessed October 14, 2018 (French).