Loga (Niger)

Municipality of Loga
Municipality of Loga
Coordinates	13 ° 37 '  N , 3 ° 14'  E Coordinates: 13 ° 37 '  N , 3 ° 14'  E
Basic data
Country	Niger
region	Dosso
department	Loga
Residents	82,400 (2012)

Loga is a municipality and the capital of the Loga department of the same name in Niger .

geography

Loga lies at the transition from the Sahel to the greater Sudan landscape . The municipality is divided into four districts, 64 administrative villages, 95 traditional villages, eight hamlets, 15 camps and a water point. The neighborhoods are called Alfagaye, Fada, Tombo and Wanzam Kouara. The neighboring communities of Logas are Kourfeye Center and Tondikandia in the north, Soucoucoutane in the east, Falwel , Mokko and Sokorbé in the south and Dantchandou and Tagazar in the west.

history

Loga was founded around 1800. France brought the region populated by Zarma largely under its control through the establishment of several military posts in 1897 and 1898. In August 1899 and February 1900, Zarma units carried out surprise attacks on French troops in the village of Sargadji near Loga, who were badly hit. On November 16 and 18, 1900, a French military expedition captured Sargadji and Loga and destroyed both places. The population fled to the bushland and only returned gradually. It was not until 1905 that order was restored to such an extent that a French administration could be introduced in Loga through the establishment of a canton . In the 1980s, the place was notorious for the widespread drug abuse there . The then head of state Seyni Kountché therefore referred to Loga in a well-known saying as “Niger's Jamaica ”.

population

At the 1988 census, Loga had 3,876 inhabitants and at the 2001 census it had 5,906 inhabitants. At the 2012 census, after an increase in the municipal area, the population was 82,400.

Economy and Infrastructure

The city is located in a zone where rain-fed agriculture is practiced. Labor migration abroad is also of economic importance . Loga is the seat of a Tribunal d'Instance, one of the 30 civil courts nationwide , which are below the ten civil courts of the first instance (Tribunal de Grande Instance). National road 14 leading to Dosso and national road 23 leading to Dogondoutchi run through the urban area .

Personalities

• Saley Boubé Bali (* 1963), writer, journalist and literary scholar

literature

• Barhamou Abdou: Problématique d'approvisionnement en vivres en zones agro-pastorales. Cas des banques céréalières de Loga, de Kouro et de Dereki dans la commune de Loga . Faculté d'Agronomie, Université Abdou Moumouni de Niamey, Niamey 2013.
• Issa Younoussi, Mohamed Moussa: Les opérations de transferts monétaires dans la commune de Loga (région de Dosso). Logiques des opérateurs, logiques locales et diversité d'acteurs (=  LASDEL Etudes et Travaux . No. 110 ). LASDEL, June 2013 ( lasdel.net [PDF]).

Individual evidence

1. ^ Répertoire National des Communes (RENACOM) . ( Memento of the original from January 9, 2017 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. (compressed file) Website of the Institut National de la Statistique; Retrieved November 8, 2010. 
2. ↑ Edmond Séré de Rivières: Histoire du Niger . Berger-Levrault, Paris 1965, p. 90.
3. ↑ Edmond Séré de Rivières: Histoire du Niger . Berger-Levrault, Paris 1965, p. 205.
4. ↑ Abdourahmane Idrissa, Samuel Decalo: Historical Dictionary of Niger . 4th edition. Scarecrow, Plymouth 2012, ISBN 978-0-8108-6094-0 , p. 306.
5. ↑ Niger: Regions, Cities & Urban Settlements - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information. Retrieved February 26, 2019 . 
6. ↑ 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). 
7. ^ Comprendre l'économie des ménages ruraux au Niger . ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2013 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. (PDF; 2.6 MB) Save the Children UK, London 2009, p. 8. 
8. ↑ Bachir Talfi: Note sur l'organization judiciaire . Nigerien Ministry of Justice website; Retrieved September 24, 2012.