Matamèye

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Municipality of Matamèye
Matamèye Municipality (Niger)
Municipality of Matamèye
Municipality of Matamèye
Coordinates 13 ° 25 ′  N , 8 ° 29 ′  E Coordinates: 13 ° 25 ′  N , 8 ° 29 ′  E
Basic data
Country Niger

region

cinder
department Kantché
ISO 3166-2 NE-7
surface 447 km²
Residents 56,186 (2010)
density 125.7  Ew. / km²

Matamèye (also: Matamaye , Matamey ) is a municipality in Niger and the de facto capital of the Kantché department .

geography

Matamèye lies at the transition from the Sudan to the Sahel zone . The neighboring communities are Doungou and Ichirnawa in the north, Dogo in the east, Kourni and Yaouri in the south and Kantché and Tsaouni in the west. The municipality is divided into six districts, 34 administrative villages, four traditional villages, 45 hamlets and two camps. There are two neighborhoods called Kanguiwa. The remaining four neighborhoods are Abidjan, Limanawa, N'Wala and Sabon Gari. In Matamèye there is a diverse flora and several wooded areas. Surface and ground water are abundant.

history

In the French colonial era, Matamèye was initially an insignificant shepherd's village in the canton of Kantché. In 1954, the traditional canton capital of Kantché was to become the seat of a colonial official who was to administer the newly created district of Kantché. Since the local head of the canton of Kantché did not want this superior in the same place, he had his office set up in Matamèye, seven kilometers away. So the small village unexpectedly became the district capital. The second oil mill in the country after that of Maradi began operations in Matamèye in 1956. 1964 emerged from the Matamèye district, the Matamèye arrondissement. As such, the arrondissement capital benefited from several newly created infrastructural facilities such as an infirmary, schools and a large weekly market. This was accompanied by a strong population growth.

During an administrative reform under President Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara in 1998, the Arrondissements of Nigers were converted into departments with expanded self-government. In the course of this, the head of the canton of Kantché managed to implement an amendment to the administrative reform that same year, according to which the Matamèye department was converted into the Kantché department and Kantché was designated as its capital. In fact, this addition was never put into practice and the administrative facilities of the department remained in Matamèye, not least because of the costs associated with relocation. In 2002, Matamèye was the only municipality in Niger that is not officially a departmental or regional capital to be raised to the rank of a municipality.

population

At the 1977 census, Matamèye had 7,085 inhabitants, at the 1988 census 11,151 inhabitants and at the 2001 census 15,376 inhabitants. For the year 2010, after an expansion of the urban area, 56,186 inhabitants were calculated. Members of the mainly arable Hausa subgroup Katsinawa and the Fulbe subgroups Daourawa and Tchilanko'en, who specialize in agropastoralism , live in Matamèye . Tuareg also live in the township.

Economy and Infrastructure

The inhabitants practice agriculture, animal husbandry and forestry as well as trade and handicrafts. At the Matamèye market, sugar cane in particular is traded, which is sold as far as the capital Niamey . The city is the seat of a Tribunal d'Instance, one of the country's 30 civil courts , which are below the ten civil courts of the first instance (Tribunal de Grande Instance). Matamèye lies on the national highway 10 , the place with Garagoumsa and the border to Nigeria connects, and the after Magaria leading National Straße 12 . National road 10 is in good condition and is used for long-distance cross-border traffic between the cities of Zinder in Niger and Kano in Nigeria.

literature

  • Robert B. Charlick: Induced Participation in Nigeria Modernization: The Case of Matamaye County . In: Rural Africana . No. 18 , 1972, p. 5-29 .

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 http://www.france-niger.com/commune-urbaine-de-matameye (dead link)
  3. ↑ Christian Lund: Les dynamiques politiques locales face à une démocratisation fragile (Zinder) ( online version (PDF; 202 kB)). In: Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan, Mahaman Tidjani Alou (ed.): Les pouvoirs locaux au Niger, Tome 1: A la veille de la décentralization . Karthala, Paris 2009, ISBN 978-2-8111-0306-4 , p. 92.
  4. ^ François Martin: Le Niger du Président Diori 1960–1974 . L'Harmattan, Paris 1991, ISBN 2-7384-0952-0 , pp. 162 .
  5. ↑ Edmond Séré de Rivières: Histoire du Niger . Berger-Levrault, Paris 1965, p. 275.
  6. ↑ Christian Lund: Les dynamiques politiques locales face à une démocratisation fragile (Zinder) ( online version (PDF; 202 kB)). In: Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan, Mahaman Tidjani Alou (ed.): Les pouvoirs locaux au Niger, Tome 1: A la veille de la décentralization . Karthala, Paris 2009, ISBN 978-2-8111-0306-4 , p. 92 f.
  7. ↑ Christian Lund: Les dynamiques politiques locales face à une démocratisation fragile (Zinder) ( online version (PDF; 202 kB)). In: Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan, Mahaman Tidjani Alou (ed.): Les pouvoirs locaux au Niger, Tome 1: A la veille de la décentralization . Karthala, Paris 2009, ISBN 978-2-8111-0306-4 , pp. 94-97.
  8. ^ Republic of Niger: Loi n ° 2002-014 du 11 JUIN 2002 portant création des communes et fixant le nom de leurs chefs-lieux
  9. ↑ http://www.bevoelkerungsstatistik.de/wg.php?x=&men=gpro&lng=de&des=wg&geo=-156&srt=npan&col=adhoq&msz=1500&pt=c&va=&geo=372330848 (dead link)
  10. ^ Institut Nationale de la Statistique du Niger (ed.): Annuaire statistique des cinquante ans d'indépendance du Niger . Niamey 2010 ( online version (PDF; 2.99 MB)), p. 57.
  11. ↑ 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 the original from July 13, 2010 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 note. (PDF; 10, 76 MB)), pp. 30 and 33. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.iram-fr.org
  12. ↑ Livelihoods Zoning “Plus” Activity In Niger ( Memento of September 28, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 2.37 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.
  14. ↑ http://lesahel.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1876:departement-de-kantche-au-pays-de-la-canne-a-sucre-une-vocation-agricole-toujours-plus -affirmee & catid = 38: les-dossiers-du-sahel & Itemid = 57 (dead link)