Kossey (Niamey V)

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Location of Kossey in Niger

Kossey (also: Kossèye ) is a village in the Arrondissement Niamey V of the city of Niamey in Niger .

The village, run by a traditional local chief (chef traditionnel) , is located near the Niger River in the northwest of the rural area of ​​Niamey V. At Kossey, the national road 4 runs towards Téra . The surrounding settlements include the hamlet of Birniol in the north-west, the village of Ganguel in the south-east and the hamlet of Kolonsa in the south-west.

The place name refers to the plant species Piliostigma reticulatum in the Zarma language . Kossey already existed in the 1970s when the city of Niamey began to expand to the right bank of the Niger. The village was outside the city limits of Niamey until the end of the 20th century and belonged to the arrondissement of Kollo . In the flood disaster of 2010 , which hit Niamey on the night of August 5th to 6th, Kossey was one of the most affected districts , along with Karadjé , Kombo , Lamordé and Zarmagandey . Four houses in Kossey were flooded and four more were declared in danger of collapse.

At the 2012 census, Kossey had 339 residents who lived in 49 households. At the 2001 census, the population was 302 in 46 households, and at the 1988 census, the population was 110 in 11 households.

Arable farming is practiced in Kossey. There is a primary school in the village.

Individual evidence

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  3. ↑ République du Niger. Niamey et ses environs. Echelle 1: 20000 . Map. Institut Géographique National, Paris 1978 ( esdac.jrc.ec.europa.eu [PDF; accessed April 29, 2019]).
  4. ^ A b 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. 216 ( web.archive.org [PDF; accessed May 4, 2019]).
  5. ↑ NIGER • Inondations. Rapport de situation # 01.9 août 2010. (PDF) United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), August 9, 2010, accessed on June 10, 2019 (French).
  6. ↑ Répertoire National des localites (ReNaLoc). (RAR) Institut National de la Statistique de la République du Niger, July 2014, p. 718 , accessed on 7 August 2015 (French).
  7. ^ Répertoire National des Communes (RENACOM). (RAR) (No longer available online.) Institut National de la Statistique de la République du Niger, 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
  8. ^ Yacine Hassane: Niamey / Lancement de la mission de pré-evaluation de la Campagne agro-sylvo-pastorale et hydraulique. Plusieurs infrastructures et champs visités dans la Commune Niamey 5 . In: Le Sahel . No. 9561 , July 19, 2018, p. 7 ( nigerdiaspora.net [PDF; accessed June 3, 2019]).
  9. ↑ Issa Mamane Manirou: Etude diagnostique des conditions d'accès à l'eau, l'hygiène et l'assainissement dans les écoles publiques de l'arrondissement primaires communal V de la ville de Niamey, Niger . Mémoire de fin d'étude. Annexes. 2iE Institut International de l'Eau et de l'Environnement, Ouagadougou 2016, p. III ( documentation.2ie-edu.org [PDF; accessed June 3, 2019]).

Coordinates: 13 ° 31 '  N , 2 ° 2'  E