Koona
| Koona rural community | |||
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| Coordinates | 13 ° 33 ' N , 8 ° 3' E | ||
| Basic data | |||
| Country | Niger | ||
| Maradi | |||
| department | Tessaoua | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | NE-4 | ||
| Residents | 14,888 (2012) | ||
Koona is a rural municipality in the department Tessaoua in Niger .
geography
Koona lies at the transition from the Sudan to the Sahel zone . The neighboring communities are Baoudetta in the north, Korgom in the east, Gazaoua in the south and Maïjirgui in the west. The municipality is divided into four administrative villages, seven traditional villages and ten hamlets. The main town of the rural community is the administrative village of Koona.
history
The French research and military expedition, Mission Foureau-Lamy , stopped in Koona on November 22, 1899. The French colonial administration established a canton in Koona at the beginning of the 20th century . The local market was one of the small markets in the region allowed by the French administration. The canton of Koona was dissolved in 1923 and joined to the canton of Korgom. In 2002, Koona was spun off from Korgom as an independent rural community as part of a nationwide administrative reform.
population
At the 2001 census, Koona had 10,990 residents. At the 2012 census, the population was 14,888.
Economy and Infrastructure
The community is located in a zone where rain-fed agriculture is practiced.
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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.
- ^ Republic of Niger: Loi n ° 2002-014 du 11 JUIN 2002 portant création des communes et fixant le nom de leurs chefs-lieux .
- ↑ Fernand Foureau : Documents scientifiques de la mission saharienne. Mission Foureau-Lamy d'Alger au Congo par le Tchad . Atlas (cartographer: Verlet-Hanus). Masson, Paris 1905 ( jubilotheque.upmc.fr [accessed May 6, 2018]).
- ^ A b Edmond Séré de Rivières: Histoire du Niger . Berger-Levrault, Paris 1965, p. 248.
- ↑ Hassane Gandah Nabi: Commerçants et entrepreneurs du Niger (1922-2006) . L'Harmattan, Paris 2013, ISBN 978-2-336-29136-9 , pp. 38 .
- ^ 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. 55.
- ↑ 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).
- ^ 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.
