Madaoua (department)

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Madaoua department
Departments in the Tahoua region until 2011
Departments in the Tahoua region until 2011
Basic data
Country Niger
region Tahoua
Seat Madaoua
surface 4856 km²
Residents 545,538 (2012)
density 112 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2 NE-5
politics
Prefectess Adamou Mariama

Coordinates: 14 ° 5 '  N , 5 ° 58'  E

Madaoua is a department in the region of Tahoua in Niger .

geography

The department is located in the south of the country and borders Nigeria . It consists of the township of Madaoua and the rural parishes of Azarori , Bangui , Galma Koudawatché , Ourno and Sabon-Guida . The eponymous capital of the department is Madaoua. The Tarka Valley runs through the department .

history

After Niger gained independence in 1960, the national territory was divided into 32 districts ( circonscriptions ). One of them was the Madaoua district. 1964 an administrative reform divided Niger into seven departments, the predecessors of the later regions, and 32 arrondissements , the predecessors of the later departments. In the course of this, the Madaoua district was converted into the Madaoua arrondissement.

In 1998, the previous Arrondissements of Niger were elevated to departments, each headed by a prefect appointed by the Council of Ministers. The department has been divided into municipalities since 2002. Before that, it consisted of the urban center of Madaoua and the canton of Madaoua.

population

According to the 2012 census, the Madaoua department has 545,538 inhabitants. In the 2001 census it was 319,374 inhabitants, in the 1988 census 213,686 inhabitants and in the 1977 census 147,713 inhabitants.

administration

At the head of the department is a prefect (French: préfet ) who is appointed by the Council of Ministers on the proposal of the Minister of the Interior .

Prefects of the Madaoua Department (selection)
Term of office Surname
...
until March 12th 2009 Sidi Mahamane Koutaye
March 12 2009 - Apr 15, 2010 Hassane Niellé
Apr 15, 2010 - Jun 3, 2011 Abdou Garba Kona
Jun 3, 2011 - Jul 29, 2016 Sorka Mounkaïla (aka Mounkaïla Sorka)
since Jul. 29, 2016 Adamou Mariama

literature

  • Moussa Tanko: Typology of the conflits fonciers civils ruraux et leurs mécanismes de gestion. Cas de la commission foncière départementale de Madaoua . Faculté d'Agronomie, Université Abdou Moumouni de Niamey, Niamey 2010.

Web links

Commons : Madaoua (Department)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tahoua. (No longer available online.) In: Projet d'Appui au Processus de la Décentralization. Ministère de l'Intérieur, de la Sécurité Publique, de la Décentralization et des Affaires Religieuses, archived from the original on February 2, 2014 ; Retrieved January 28, 2014 (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 / decentralization-niger.org
  2. ↑ Moustapha Hiya Maidawa: Enjeux Fonciers et stratégies d'acteurs dans la moyenne vallée de la Tarka (Dakoro / Niger) . Mémoire. Université Abdou Moumouni de Niamey, Niamey 2011, p. 21 ( memoireonline.com [accessed September 18, 2018]).
  3. ↑ Edmond Séré de Rivières: Histoire du Niger . Berger-Levrault, Paris 1965, p. 19 .
  4. ↑ Edmond Séré de Rivières: Histoire du Niger . Berger-Levrault, Paris 1965, p. 275 .
  5. ↑ Historique de la decentralization. ANIYA. Réseau des collectivités nigériennes et françaises, archived from the original on April 6, 2012 ; Retrieved January 28, 2014 (French).
  6. ^ Répartition de la Population de la Région de TAHOUA par Sexe selon le Département, Canton ou Zone Restante et le Center Urbain. (PDF file) (No longer available online.) Institut National de la Statistique du Niger, 2001, archived from the original on September 24, 2015 ; Retrieved January 28, 2014 (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.ins.ne
  7. ↑ Presentation of the résultats globaux définitifs du Quatrième (4ème) Recensement Général de la Population et de l'Habitat (RGP / H) de 2012. (PDF file) Institut National de la Statistique, 2014, accessed on May 1, 2014 (French ).
  8. ^ Annuaire statistique des cinquante ans d'indépendance du Niger. (PDF file; 3.1 MB) Institut Nationale de la Statistique du Niger, 2010, p. 49 , accessed on January 27, 2013 (French).
  9. ^ Au conseil des ministres: Plusieurs projets de lois et de décrets adoptés . In: Sahel Dimanche . March 13, 2009, p. 3 ( nigerdiaspora.net [PDF; accessed October 15, 2018]).
  10. ^ Communiqué du conseil des ministres du jeudi 15 avril 2010. In: Niger Diaspora. April 15, 2010, accessed October 14, 2018 (French).
  11. ^ Au Conseil des ministres: le gouvernement adopte plusieurs projets de lois et des mesures nominatives. In: PlaneteAfrique. June 6, 2011, accessed October 14, 2018 (French).
  12. ↑ Communiqué du Conseil des ministres du vendredi 29 juillet 2016. (No longer available online.) In: Tamtam Info. August 1, 2016, archived from the original on August 6, 2016 ; accessed on October 14, 2018 (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.tamtaminfo.com