Losso Goungou
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Neighborhood Losso Goungou |
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|---|---|
| Coordinates | 13 ° 32 ' N , 2 ° 2' E |
| Basic data | |
| Country | Niger |
| Niamey | |
| Arrondissement | Niamey I |
| ISO 3166-2 | NE-8 |
| Residents | 8189 (2012) |
Losso Goungou (also: Lossa Goungou , Lossagoungou , Lossogoungou ) is a district ( French : quartier ) in the Arrondissement Niamey I of the city of Niamey in Niger .
geography
Losso Goungou is located on the left bank of the Niger River and on the western edge of the urban parish of Niamey. The surrounding settlements are the Koubia Sud district in the north, the Goudel district in the east and the rural village of Kossèye in the west. Losso Goungou is located in a plateau with a more than 2.5 meters deep sand layer, whereby a better infiltration as is possible in other parts of the city.
A dry valley , the Lossagoungou Gorou, which flows into the Niger River, runs through the district . The dry valley has a length of 10 kilometers and a catchment area of more than 50 square kilometers. The word gorou comes from the Zarma language and means "dry valley".
history
The village of Losso Goungou already existed in the 19th century, before the city of Niamey was founded at the beginning of the 20th century. As of 2010, 200 apartments were built here for members of the Nigerien armed forces .
population
At the 2012 census, Losso Goungou had 8,189 inhabitants who lived in 1,378 households. At the 2001 census, the population was 2,600 in 417 households, and at the 1988 census, the population was 1,304 in 180 households.
Infrastructure
The public primary school Ecole primaire de Losso Goungou was founded in 1981. There is also a secondary school of the type Collège d'enseignement général (CEG). There is a health center in the district with a Center de Santé Intégré (CSI).
literature
- Toumbounou Wakil: Impact de l'alphabétisation en Ajami sur les populations bénéficiaires de la ville de Niamey: cas des quartiers Karadjé, Lossagoungou, Saga Gorou et Gorou Banda . Mémoire de fin d'études. ENS, Niamey 2013.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b National Repertoire des Localités (ReNaLoc). (RAR) Institut National de la Statistique de la République du Niger, July 2014, p. 715 , accessed on August 7, 2015 (French).
- ↑ Hamadou Issaka, Dominique Badariotti: Les inondations à Niamey, enjeux autour d'un phenomène complexe . In: Cahiers d'Outre-Mer . No. 263 , September 2013, p. 383-384 ( openedition.org [accessed April 21, 2019]).
- ↑ Ibrahim Mamadou: La dynamique accélérée des koris de la région de Niamey et ses conséquences sur l'ensablement du fleuve Niger . Thèse de doctorat Ph.D. Université Abdou Moumouni de Niamey / Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Niamey / Paris 2012, p. 127 ( researchgate.net [PDF; accessed April 20, 2019]).
- ^ Benjamin Michelon, Laurence Wilhelm, Ibrahima Goumey: Diagnostic de l'armature commerciale de la ville de Niamey. Final report. (PDF) Groupe Huit, March 2015, p. 10 , accessed on April 20, 2019 (French).
- ↑ Siradji Sanda: Visite du Premier ministre, sur le chantier de construction d'une cité pour les militaires: HE Brigi Rafini demande l'extension du program aux autres corps. In: Niger Diaspora. October 13, 2014, accessed June 9, 2019 (French).
- ^ 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.
- ↑ Recensement Général de la Population 1988: Répertoire National des Villages du Niger . Bureau Central de Recensement, Ministère du Plan, République du Niger, Niamey March 1991, p. 222 ( archive.org [PDF; accessed May 4, 2019]).
- ↑ Daniel Barreteau, Ali Daouda: Systèmes éducatifs et multilinguisme au Niger. Results scolaires, double flux . Orstom / Université Abdou Moumouni de Niamey, Paris / Niamey 1997, ISBN 2-7099-1365-8 , p. 85 ( horizon.documentation.ird.fr [PDF; accessed May 29, 2019]).
- ↑ Rentrée scolaire au niveau des collèges. In: Niger Inter. October 2, 2015, accessed June 9, 2019 (French).
- ^ Niger DSS. In: Systems Nationale d'Information Sanitaire (SNIS). Ministère de la Santé Publique, République du Niger, accessed on June 9, 2019 (French).
