Magaria

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Municipality of Magaria
Municipality of Magaria (Niger)
Municipality of Magaria
Municipality of Magaria
Coordinates 13 ° 0 ′  N , 8 ° 54 ′  E Coordinates: 13 ° 0 ′  N , 8 ° 54 ′  E
Basic data
Country Niger

region

cinder
department Magaria
ISO 3166-2 NE-7
Residents 103,019 (2010)

Magaria is a municipality and the capital of the Magaria department in Niger .

geography

Magaria is located in the large Sudan region on the border with Nigeria . The townscape is characterized by large, shady neem trees. The urban area is divided into eleven districts, 82 administrative villages, 28 traditional villages, 33 hamlets and 29 camps. The eleven neighborhoods are Administratif, Dan Tchifinni, Gawon Kollia, Ghana, Kitari, Maida Moussa Haoussa, Maidamoussa Aboubacar Kodé, N'Wala, Nassaraoua, Sabongari and Toudoun Wada.

Magaria borders Nigeria to the south, the Kwaya and Yékoua communities to the west, the Bandé community to the north, and the Dantchiao community to the east .

history

Magaria in Stieler's Hand Atlas (1891)

Magaria was founded by Massabaki, a prince of the house state of Daura , and later fell under the rule of Zinder . In the middle of the 19th century Magaria was expanded as a fortress. The place and the surrounding villages came under British control at the beginning of the 20th century and were only added to France in 1906 . In the 1950s and 1960s, Magaria and the surrounding area were an important center for growing peanuts. Shortly before Niger's independence from France in 1960, the place was a stronghold of the left-wing party Sawaba of Djibo Bakary . In 1988 Magaria received the status of an independent municipality together with nine other Nigerien towns. By then there had been twelve parishes nationwide.

population

At the 1977 census, Magaria had 7,856 inhabitants, at the 1988 census 11,723 inhabitants, at the 2001 census 17,444 inhabitants and in 2019 19,419 inhabitants. For the year 2010, after an expansion of the municipality area, 103,019 inhabitants were calculated. The main ethnic groups in the city are Hausa , Fulbe , Kanuri and Tuareg . The Hausa mainly practice agriculture, the Fulbe specialize in agropastoralism .

Economy and Infrastructure

Magaria is located on National Road 11 , which is part of the international Algiers-Lagos Highway , as well as National Road 12 leading to Matamèye and National Road 13 leading to Dogo-Dogo . The area around the city is heavily used for agriculture due to the climatic conditions that are comparatively favorable for Niger. Magaria is located in the narrow zone along the border with Nigeria, which stretches from Tounouga in the west to Malawa in the east and is operated in the irrigation field economy for cash crops . At the Magaria market, sugar cane in particular is traded, which is sold as far as the capital Niamey . Magaria 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).

Personalities

literature

  • Magaria . In: Heinrich August Pierer , Julius Löbe (Hrsg.): Universal Lexicon of the Present and the Past . 4th edition. tape 10 . Altenburg 1860, p. 687 ( zeno.org ).
  • John Davison Collins: Government and groundnut marketing in rural Hausa Niger: the 1930's to the 1970's in Magaria . Dissertation. Johns Hopkins University 1976.
  • Ali Abdou Moussa: Impacts des banques céréalières sur la sécurité des conditions de vie de ménages. Cas de la Zone de Magaria . Faculté d'Agronomie, Université Abdou Moumouni de Niamey, Niamey 2008.
  • Maman Sani Maman Abdou: Inventaire de produits forestiers non ligneux en vente dans le marché de la ville de Magaria . Faculté d'Agronomie, Université Abdou Moumouni de Niamey, Niamey 2016.
  • Mato Zakari Yaou Ousmane: Pratiques de gestion de fertilité dans les champs exploités sous culture pluviale dans la commune de Magaria (Région de Zinder) . Faculté d'Agronomie, Université Abdou Moumouni de Niamey, Niamey 2012.

Web links

Commons : Magaria  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.stat-niger.org
  2. ↑ a b Abdourahmane Idrissa and Samuel Decalo: Historical Dictionary of Niger . 4th ed., Scarecrow, Plymouth 2012, ISBN 978-0-8108-6094-0 , p. 310.
  3. ↑ Edmond Séré de Rivières: Histoire du Niger . Berger-Levrault, Paris 1965, p. 134.
  4. ↑ Edmond Séré de Rivières: Histoire du Niger . Berger-Levrault, Paris 1965, p. 250.
  5. ↑ Historique de la decentralization au niger - Compte Rendu - 5511 Mots. In: etudier.com. Retrieved August 4, 2019 (French).
  6. ^ Population of All Cities in Niger. In: worldpopulationreview.com. Retrieved August 4, 2019 .
  7. ^ Institut national de la statistique (ed.): Annuaire statistique des cinquante ans d'indépendence du Niger . Niamey 2010 ( online version ; PDF; 3.1 MB), p. 57.
  8. ↑ General Information on Niger. In: africa.upenn.edu. Retrieved August 4, 2019 .
  9. ↑ 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.
  10. ^ Jean-Paul Labourdette, Dominique Auzias: Niger 2009 . Nouvelle édition de l'Université, Paris 2009, ISBN 2-7469-1640-1 , pp. 146 .
  11. ^ Comprendre l'économie des ménages ruraux au Niger . Save the Children UK, London 2009 ( online version ( Memento from September 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive ); PDF; 2.6 MB), p. 8.
  12. ↑ Livelihoods Zoning “Plus” Activity In Niger ( Memento from September 28, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 2.5 MB). P. 30, website of the Famine Early Warning Systems Network, published August 2011, accessed January 19, 2012.
  13. ↑ Bachir Talfi: Note sur l'organization judiciaire . Nigerien Ministry of Justice website, accessed September 24, 2012.