Kongou Gorou

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Location of Kongou Gorou in Niger

Kongou Gorou (also: Kongou Gorou Tondi Metchirey ) is a village in the Niamey III arrondissement of the city of Niamey in Niger .

The village, run by a traditional chief (chef traditionnel) , is located in the rural municipality of Niamey. The surrounding settlements include the villages of Kongou Gonga in the northeast and Kongou Zarmagandey in the southwest. The dry valley Kori de Ouallam runs near Kongou Gorou . The word gorou comes from the Zarma language and means "dry valley". The corresponding word in the Hausa language is kori . In the traditional system of rulership, the mayor of the village reports to the head of the canton of Saga .

At the 2012 census, Kongou Gorou had 3,608 residents in 480 households. At the 2001 census, the population was 558 in 86 households.

The public primary school Ecole primaire de Kongou Gorou was founded in 1983. There is a health center in the village with a Center de Santé Intégré (CSI). Hundreds of orchards and nurseries extend between Kongou Gorou and the neighboring village of Kongou Zarmagandey, supplying Niamey with fresh fruit and vegetables.

literature

  • Sani Soulé Manzo: Sur les périmètres maraîchers de Kongou Gorou et Kongou Zarmagandey. Espoirs et attentes de ces producteurs qui approvisionnent Niamey en fruits et légumes . In: Sahel Dimanche . No. 1475 , January 27, 2012, p. 10–11 ( nigerdiaspora.net [PDF]).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b National Repertoire des Localités (ReNaLoc). (RAR) Institut National de la Statistique de la République du Niger, July 2014, p. 716 , accessed on 7 August 2015 (French).
  2. ↑ Ibrahim Mamadou: La dynamique accélérée des koris de la région de Niamey et ses conséquences sur l'ensablement du fleuve Niger . Thèse de doctorat Ph.D. Université Abdou Moumouni de Niamey / Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Niamey / Paris 2012, p. 127 ( researchgate.net [PDF; accessed April 20, 2019]).
  3. ↑ Gabriella Körling: In Search of the State. An Ethnography of Public Service Provision in Urban Niger (=  Uppsala Studies in Cultural Anthropology . No. 51 ). Uppsala University, Uppsala 2011, ISBN 978-91-554-8127-8 , pp. 87 ( uu.diva-portal.org [PDF; accessed on April 21, 2019]).
  4. ^ 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
  5. ↑ Daniel Barreteau, Ali Daouda: Systèmes éducatifs et multilinguisme au Niger. Results scolaires, double flux . Orstom / Université Abdou Moumouni de Niamey, Paris / Niamey 1997, ISBN 2-7099-1365-8 , p. 87 ( horizon.documentation.ird.fr [PDF; accessed May 29, 2019]).
  6. ^ Niger DSS. In: Systems Nationale d'Information Sanitaire (SNIS). Ministère de la Santé Publique, République du Niger, accessed on June 9, 2019 (French).
  7. ^ Sani Soulé Manzo: Sur les périmètres maraîchers de Kongou Gorou et Kongou Zarmagandey. Espoirs et attentes de ces producteurs qui approvisionnent Niamey en fruits et légumes . In: Sahel Dimanche . No. 1475 , January 27, 2012, p. 10 ( nigerdiaspora.net [PDF; accessed June 1, 2019]).

Coordinates: 13 ° 36 '  N , 2 ° 12'  E