Lokoto

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Location of Lokoto in Niger

Lokoto is a hamlet in the Niamey V Arrondissement of the city of Niamey in Niger .

The hamlet is located on the edge of the rural area at the transition to the urban area of ​​Niamey V. North-east of Lokoto is the district of Nordiré . To the northwest of the settlement rises the striking rocky chain of hills Trois Sœurs ("three sisters"), the three peaks of which with exposed laterite reach heights of 245  m , 254  m and 255  m .

The place name Lokoto refers to the plant species Euphorbia poissonii in the Dendi language .

At the 2012 census, Lokoto had 903 residents who lived in 133 households. At the 2001 census, the population was 167 in 25 households.

The Foundation Tattali Iyali of Malika Issoufou , the wife of President Mahamadou Issoufou , had a French - Arabic school built in Lokoto from 2013 to 2014 with the support of the Turkish non-governmental organization ASMA .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Carte de référence: Niger - Région de Tillabéri - Département de Torodi. (PDF) In: REACH Resource Center. March 21, 2018, accessed May 2, 2019 (French).
  2. ↑ a b National Repertoire des Localités (ReNaLoc). (RAR) Institut National de la Statistique de la République du Niger, July 2014, p. 719 , accessed on 7 August 2015 (French).
  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. ↑ Auguste Chevalier: Les Euphorbes crassulascentes de l'Ouest et du Center Africain et leurs usages . In: Journal d'agriculture traditionnelle et de botanique appliquée . No. 144 , August 1933, p. 549 ( persee.fr [accessed June 3, 2019]).
  5. ^ 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
  6. ↑ Seini Seydou Zakaria: Inauguration de la Medersa du village de Lokoto, dans le 5ème arrondissement communal de Niamey: un bloc de trois classes construit par la Fondation Tattali Iyali et l'ONG ASMA. In: aNiamey.com. January 10, 2014, accessed June 3, 2019 (French).

Coordinates: 13 ° 29 '  N , 2 ° 4'  E