Kourni
| Kourni rural community | |||
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| Coordinates | 13 ° 13 ′ N , 8 ° 28 ′ E | ||
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| Country | Niger | ||
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| department | Kantché | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | NE-7 | ||
| Residents | 27,713 (2010) | ||
Kourni is a rural community in the Kantché department in Niger .
geography
Kourni is located in the greater Sudan landscape . The neighboring communities are Tsaouni in the north, Matamèye in the northeast, Yaouri in the east, Sassoumbroum in the south and Dan-Barto in the west. The municipality is divided into 29 administrative villages, five traditional villages, 106 hamlets and two camps. The main town of the rural community is the administrative village of Kourni (also: Kourni Koutchika).
history
The rural community of Kourni emerged in 2002 as part of a nationwide administrative reform from part of the canton of Kantché.
population
At the 2001 census, Kourni had 20,411 residents. For the year 2010, 27,713 inhabitants were calculated. Members of the Fulbe sub-group Daourawa, which mainly practices agropastoralism , live in Kourni .
Economy and Infrastructure
The community is located in the narrow zone along the border with Nigeria , which extends from Tounouga in the west to Malawa in the east and is used in irrigation farming for cash crops .
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 http://www.case.ibimet.cnr.it/den/Documents/code_rural/cdrom/doc % 20pdf / Loi% 20N% B02002-14% 20cr% E9ation% 20des% 20communes.pdf (link not available)
- ^ 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. 57.
- ↑ Ministère de l'élevage et des industries animales / République du Niger (ed.): La mobilité pastorale dans la Région de Zinder. Stratégies et dynamisme des sociétés pastorales . Niamey 2009 ( online version ( Memento of the original from July 13, 2010 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; 11, 3 MB), p. 33.
- ^ 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.
