Mazamni

Mazamni rural community
Mazamni rural community
Coordinates	13 ° 56 '  N , 9 ° 20'  E Coordinates: 13 ° 56 '  N , 9 ° 20'  E
Basic data
Country	Niger
region	cinder
department	Damagaram Takaya
Residents	8709 (2010)

Mazamni is a rural community in Damagaram Takaya department in Niger .

geography

Mazamni is located in the Sahel region . The neighboring communities are Damagaram Takaya in the north, east and west and Gaffati , Guidimouni and Zermou in the south. The municipality is divided into ten administrative villages, 15 traditional villages and three hamlets. The main town of the rural community is Mazamni.

history

The French colonial administration established a canton in Mazamni at the beginning of the 20th century . The local market was one of the small markets in the region that was approved by the French administration at the time. The Mazamni canton was dissolved in 1932 and joined the Goudimouni canton. In 2002, as part of a nationwide administrative reform, the territory of the canton of Guidimouni was divided into the newly created rural communities of Goudimouni and Mazamni. Since 2011, both rural communities no longer belong to the Mirriah department , but to the newly founded Damagaram Takaya department.

population

At the 2001 census, Mazamni had 6,414 inhabitants. For the year 2010 8709 inhabitants were calculated.

Economy and Infrastructure

The community is located in a zone where agropastoralism is practiced.

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. 
2. ^ Republic of Niger: Loi n ° 2002-014 du 11 JUIN 2002 portant création des communes et fixant le nom de leurs chefs-lieux .
3. ^ ^{A b} Edmond Séré de Rivières: Histoire du Niger . Berger-Levrault, Paris 1965, p. 250.
4. ↑ Hassane Gandah Nabi: Commerçants et entrepreneurs du Niger (1922-2006) . L'Harmattan, Paris 2013, ISBN 978-2-336-29136-9 , pp. 37 .
5. ↑ Une nouvelle loi sur le redécoupage administratif . In: L'Arbre à Palabres . No. 13 , August 11, 2011, p. 2 ( PDF file [accessed January 28, 2014]).
6. ^ Institut Nationale de la Statistique du Niger (ed.): Annuaire statistique des cinquante ans d'indépendance du Niger . Niamey 2010 ( online version ; PDF; 3.1 MB), p. 57.
7. ^ Comprendre l'économie des ménages ruraux au Niger . Save the Children UK, London 2009 ( online version ( memento of the original from September 27, 2013 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; 2.6 MB), p. 8.