Kwaya (Niger)
| Kwaya rural parish | |||
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| Coordinates | 13 ° 12 ' N , 8 ° 39' E | ||
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| Country | Niger | ||
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| department | Magaria | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | NE-7 | ||
| surface | 289 km² | ||
| Residents | 20,635 (2010) | ||
| density | 71.4 Ew. / km² | ||
Kwaya is a rural municipality in the department of Magaria in Niger .
geography
Kwaya is located in the greater Sudan landscape . The neighboring communities are Yaouri in the north-west, Bandé in the north-east, Magaria in the south-east, Yékoua in the south and Sassoumbroum in the south-west. The municipality is divided into 19 administrative villages, eight traditional villages, 17 hamlets and four camps. The main town of the rural community is the administrative village of Kwaya. The east of the municipality is covered by sand dunes. The valley of Wadi Korama runs through Kwaya, where water can be found at shallow depths.
history
The rural community of Kwaya emerged from the northern part of the canton of Magaria in 2002 as part of a nationwide administrative reform.
population
At the 2001 census, Kwaya had 15,198 residents. For 2010, 20,635 inhabitants were calculated. Agricultural Hausa and Fulbe who specialize in agropastoralism live in Kwaya .
Economy and Infrastructure
Agriculture mainly includes millet and sorghum . Cabbage, sugar cane and onions are grown in the valley that runs through the rural community . However, this cannot meet the population's own needs. The few pastures, which are becoming increasingly smaller due to the overgrown sand mallow , are of poor quality due to overgrazing . There are beekeeping facilities in several villages. Around 60 percent of the workforce are regularly forced to migrate to work for seasonal reasons for economic reasons .
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)
- ↑ a b Deux microprojets du FAR / PASR dans la commune rurale de Kwaya (PDF; 852 kB), website of the Réseau National des Chambres d'Agriculture du Niger, published on October 19, 2011, accessed on March 23, 2012.
- ^ 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 July 13, 2010 in the Internet Archive ); PDF; 11.3 MB), pp. 30 and 33.
