Kouré (Niger)

Rural municipality of Kouré
Rural municipality of Kouré
Coordinates	13 ° 19 ′  N , 2 ° 35 ′  E Coordinates: 13 ° 19 ′  N , 2 ° 35 ′  E
Basic data
Country	Niger
region	Tillabéri
department	Collo
Residents	41,181 (2010)

Kouré is a rural municipality in the department of Kollo in Niger .

geography

West African giraffes in Kouré

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West African giraffes in Kouré
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Kouré is located in the greater Sudan landscape at the transition to the Sahel zone and is south of the Nigerien capital Niamey on the Niger River . The neighboring communities of Kourés are Hamdallaye in the north, Dantchandou in the northeast, Harikanassou in the east, N'Gonga in the southeast, Fakara in the south, Kirtachi and Say in the southwest, Kollo in the west and N'Dounga in the northwest. The municipality is divided into 26 administrative villages and 24 hamlets. The main town of the rural municipality is the administrative village of Kouré.

Kouré has the last wild population of West African giraffes , which was on the verge of extinction in the mid-1990s. The tiger bush provides sufficient food for the giraffes in the rocky highlands. In the dry season, due to a lack of water, they move to neighboring areas, such as Harikanassou.

history

The traditional mansion ( French : chefferie ) of the Zarma in Kouré was created in the middle of the 17th century. The rural community of Kouré emerged from the canton of Kouré in 2002 as part of a nationwide administrative reform. In 2008, 27 houses in the administrative village of Boula Koaratégui were destroyed in floods and over 300 villagers were damaged. In 2009 floods caused material damage in three other villages in the municipality, which again directly affected around 300 residents.

population

99% of the population belong to the Zarma ethnic group. There are also minorities of the Fulbe and Tuareg . At the 2001 census, Kouré had 29,481 inhabitants. For 2010, 41,181 inhabitants were calculated.

Economy and Infrastructure

National road 1 in Kouré on the border between the Dosso and Tillabéri regions

Around 90% of the population live from agriculture. The main crops are cowpeas , peas , peanuts, millet and sorghum . The agropastoral economy is on the advance. There are four weekly markets in the municipality: in the main town of Kouré and in the villages of Boula, Karoubédji and Kokoaré. The main goods traded there include millet, cowpeas, peanuts, small ruminants and poultry. The West African giraffes are the main attraction for ecotourism endeavors. Kouré is on National Road 1 , which is part of the international Dakar-N'Djamena Highway .

Partner municipality

• Coulaines in France

Personalities

• Abdou Sidikou (1927–1973), politician and diplomat
• Garba Sidikou (1932–2013), politician, from 1973 to 2013 traditional mayor of Kouré

literature

• Baraou Abdoulaye: Etat des connaissances sur la brousse tigrée de l'ouest Nigérien et proposition d'un plan d'aménagement de la brousse tigrée de Kouré . Faculté d'Agronomie, Université Abdou Moumouni, Niamey 1998.
• Yahaya Habou: Tendances évolutives du couvert végétal dans l'aire de répartition actuelle de la girafe au Niger. Cas de Kouré, Boboye . Faculté d'Agronomie, Université Abdou Moumouni, Niamey 1994.
• Djibo Maman: La brousse tigrée de la zone de transition de la réserve de la biosphère de Kouré. Potentialités forestières et tendance évolutive . Faculté d'Agronomie, Université Abdou Moumouni, Niamey 1998.
• Anounou Sanoussi: Place de la brousse tigrée dans les systèmes pastoraux et calcul de la capacité de charge. Cas des terroirs de Kouré et Sina-Kuara . Faculté d'Agronomie, Université Abdou Moumouni, Niamey 1997.
• Abdourahamane Amadou Tondi: Diversité et état des espèces ligneuses appétées par la girafe dans la réserve de biosphère de Kouré, Niger . Mémoire. Université Abdou Moumouni de Niamey, Niamey 2017.

Web links

Commons : Kouré (Niger)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Video: The last giraffes in West Africa . In: Africa: 50 years of independence . ARTE report (2009).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 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. 
2. ^ Republic of Niger: Loi n ° 2002-014 du 11 JUIN 2002 portant création des communes et fixant le nom de leurs chefs-lieux .
3. ↑ Jolijn Geels: Niger . Bradt, Chalfont St Peter 2006, ISBN 1-84162-152-8 , p. 134.
4. ↑ Jean-Paul Rothiot: L'ascension d'un chef africain au début de la colonization: Aouta Conqueror . L'Harmattan, Paris 1988, ISBN 2-7384-0013-2 , p. 29.
5. ↑ Situation des dégâts causés par les inondations (2008) ( Memento of the original of February 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) 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. . Center d'Information et de Communication website, published November 18, 2008, accessed March 31, 2012. 
6. ↑ Situation des besoins des populations victimes d'inondations (2009) ( Memento of the original dated February 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) 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. . Center d'Information et de Communication website, published on September 22, 2009, accessed on March 31, 2012. 
7. ↑ ^{a b} Présentation de la commune de Kouré  ( 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, published October 2005, accessed on January 27, 2011.  
8. ^ 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. 56.
9. ^ Jean-Claude Peyronnet: La solidarité internationale à l'échelle des territoires: état des lieux et perspectives. Annexe 5: Document de travail de l'ambassade de France au Niger sur les coopérations décentralisées dans ce pays. Senate of the French Republic, November 13, 2012, accessed July 6, 2013 (French).