Magaria (department)

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Department of Magaria
Departments in the Zinder region until 2011
Departments in the Zinder region until 2011
Basic data
Country Niger
region cinder
Seat Magaria
Residents 579,181 (2012)
ISO 3166-2 NE-7
politics
prefect Ibrahim Souleymane

Coordinates: 13 ° 0 '  N , 8 ° 54'  E

Magaria is a department in the region of Zinder in Niger .

geography

A black crested lapwing near Wacha in the Magaria department

The department is located in the south of the country and borders Nigeria . It consists of the urban parish of Magaria and the rural parishes of Bandé , Dantchiao , Kwaya , Sassoumbroum , Wacha and Yékoua . The eponymous capital of the department is Magaria. Wadi Korama 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 Magaria 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 Magaria district was converted into the Magaria 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 municipal center Magaria and the cantons of Magaria, Bandé, Dantchiao, Dungass, Gouchi, Mallaoua and Ouacha. In 2011 Dungass was separated from the Magaria department as a separate department.

population

According to the 2012 census, the Magaria department has 579,181 inhabitants. In the 2001 census, before the separation of Dungass, the population was 496,874, the 1988 census was 354,407, and the 1977 census was 273,006.

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 Magaria Department (selection)
Term of office Surname
...
Apr 15, 2010 - Jun 3, 2011 Inoussa Garba
Jun 3, 2011 - Dec 4, 2013 Souley Mallam Moussa
Dec 4, 2013 - Jul 29, 2016 Saley Djigo (aka Saley Djibo)
since Jul. 29, 2016 Ibrahim Souleymane

literature

  • Idi Adamou: Embouche traditionnelle dans le sud du Département de Zinder. Cas des Bovins et des ovins dans l'arrondissement de Magaria . Faculté d'Agronomie, Université de Niamey, Niamey 1988.
  • Ferdows Ardei, Amadou Maman Aminou, Souley Ibrahim, Bernard Simon, Julia Bournat, Nassima Check-Abdoula: Promotion of Key Family Practices in the Tanout and Magaria departments, Zinder region, Niger . In: Women's and Children's Health . Special Issue 5, 2012 ( journals.openedition.org ).

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Zinder. (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. ↑ Edmond Séré de Rivières: Histoire du Niger . Berger-Levrault, Paris 1965, p. 19 .
  3. ↑ Edmond Séré de Rivières: Histoire du Niger . Berger-Levrault, Paris 1965, p. 275 .
  4. ↑ Historique de la decentralization. ANIYA. Réseau des collectivités nigériennes et françaises, archived from the original on April 6, 2012 ; Retrieved January 28, 2014 (French).
  5. ^ Répartition de la Population de la Région de ZINDER par Sexe selon le Département, Canton ou Zone Restante et le Center Urbain. (PDF file) Institut National de la Statistique du Niger, 2001, accessed on January 28, 2014 (French).
  6. ↑ Une nouvelle loi sur le redécoupage administratif . In: L'Arbre à Palabres . No. 13 , August 11, 2011, p. 2 ( nigerdiaspora.net [PDF; accessed on January 28, 2014]).
  7. ↑ Présentation des résultats préliminaires du Quatrième (4ème) Recensement Général de la Population et de l'Habitat (RGPH) 2012. (PDF file) Institut National de la Statistique du Niger, April 2013, p. 6 , accessed on January 28 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. ^ Communiqué du conseil des ministres du jeudi 15 avril 2010. In: Niger Diaspora. April 15, 2010, accessed October 14, 2018 (French).
  10. ^ 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).
  11. ↑ Adoption de plusieurs projets de loi et mesures nominatives au conseil des ministres. In: aNiamey.com. December 5, 2013, 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