Kiota

Kiota rural community
Kiota rural community
Coordinates	13 ° 18 '  N , 2 ° 57'  E Coordinates: 13 ° 18 '  N , 2 ° 57'  E
Basic data
Country	Niger
region	Dosso
department	Boboye
Residents	25,282 (2012)

Kiota is a rural municipality in the department boboye department in Niger .

geography

Kiota is located at the transition from the Sahel to the greater Sudan landscape on Wadi Dallol Bosso . There is a high risk of flooding. The neighboring communities are Koygolo in the north, Garankédey in the east, Birni N'Gaouré and N'Gonga in the south and Harikanassou in the west. The municipality is divided into 31 administrative villages, 17 traditional villages, five hamlets and a camp. The main town of the rural community is Kiota, consisting of the administrative villages of Kiota Mayaki Windi Béri, Kiota Oumarou and Kiota Oumarou Peulh.

history

According to tradition, Kiota was founded by Ali Koda, son of Tagorou Ganna. Around 1800 the Zarma settlement was burned down by hostile Hausa . The Zarma then carried out a counterstrike and defeated the Hausa at Matankari . Kiota was also able to maintain a relative autonomy vis-à-vis its powerful neighbor Dosso . In the 19th century the population was Islamized . The rural community of Kiota emerged as an administrative unit in 2002 as part of a nationwide administrative reform from the eastern part of the canton of Harikanassou / Kiota.

population

At the 2001 census, Kiota had 19,503 residents. At the 2012 census, the population was 25,282. The most important ethnic groups in the municipality include Zarma, Hausa, Fulbe , Tuareg and Gourmantché .

Culture and sights

Kiota is an important center of Sufism . A religious head of a Tijani order has his seat here. The order in Kiota is linked to the Tijani order of Ibrahim Baye Niass in Kaolack . The annual Mouloud celebrations in honor of the Prophet Mohammed are known far beyond the borders of the community.

Economy and Infrastructure

The community is located in a zone where rain-fed agriculture is practiced. The village of Kiota Mayaki Windi Béri has a community radio station and the only medicine depot in the rural community area. Around 79% of Kiota's residents have no access to clean drinking water.

Personalities

• Amadou Seyni Maïga (* 1942), officer, politician and diplomat, traditional ruler of Kiota and Harikanassou

Individual evidence

1. ↑ M. Tiepolo, M. Ali, M. Bacci, S. Braccio, H. Issa, AZ Oumarou: Analyze du risque d'inondation dans les communes de la Région de Dosso au Niger, 1998-2016. (PDF) Projet ANADIA 2.0, report no. 5. Agence Italienne pour la Coopération au Développement, 2018, p. 22 , accessed on April 26, 2018 (French). 
2. ↑ 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. 
3. ^ Republic of Niger: Loi n ° 2002-014 du 11 JUIN 2002 portant création des communes et fixant le nom de leurs chefs-lieux .
4. ↑ Edmond Séré de Rivières: Histoire du Niger . Berger-Levrault, Paris 1965, pp. 87-89.
5. ^ 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. 53.
6. ↑ Presentation of the result globaux définitifs du Quatrième (4ème) Recensement Général de la Population et de l'Habitat (RGP / H) de 2012. (PDF) Institut National de la Statistique, 2014, accessed on April 21, 2014 (French). 
7. ↑ ^{a b} Présentation de la commune de Kiota  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Website of the ANIYA Coopération Décentralisée Niger-France, accessed on February 16, 2012.  
8. ↑ Laurent Fourchard, André Mary, René Otayek (eds.): Entreprises religieuses transnationales en Afrique de l'ouest . Karthala, Paris 2005, ISBN 2-84586-653-4 , p. 79.
9. ↑ Vanessa Fanjul Marlé: Inventaires communautaires: Boubon, Agadez et pratique de l'Habbanaé. (PDF) Gouvernement du Niger / UNESCO, 2016, p. 43 , accessed on February 4, 2018 (French). 
10. ^ 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.