Neini Goungou

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Location of Néini Goungou in Niger

Néini Goungou (also: Néni , Néné Goungou , Néni Goungou ) is a village in the Niamey V arrondissement of the city of Niamey in Niger .

The village, run by a traditional chief (chef traditionnel) , is located on an island of the same name on the Niger River in the north of the rural area of ​​Niamey V. The surrounding settlements on the mainland include the district of Lamordé in the southeast and the village of Kourtéré Samboro in the southwest. On the opposite side of the river is the Goudel district .

According to some traditions, the island of Néini Goungou was the birthplace of Askia Mohammad I , who founded the Songhai dynasty of the Askiya in the 15th century . The German Africa explorer Heinrich Barth passed the “beautifully wooded island of Neni” in the middle of the 19th century. The marabout Alfa Mahaman Djobo, who made the city of Say a center of Islam in the 19th century , previously lived in Néini Goungou for seven years. One of the many attempts to explain the place name Niamey has a reference to the island. Accordingly, several Maouri were killed by Néini Goungou because of a conflict over pastures of the Fulbe . The displaced survivors settled by an old large tree with the species name Gna . The place name Gna-me , in other words Niamey , would come from this, meaning “in the vicinity of Gna”. During a record flood in 2012, parts of the island were flooded and hundreds of residents of Néini Goungou were relocated by the authorities.

At the 2012 census, Néini Goungou had 201 inhabitants who lived in 36 households. At the 2001 census, the population was 1,026 in 157 households, and at the 1988 census, the population was 510 in 71 households.

The public primary school Ecole primaire de Néini Goungou was founded in 1990. Kourtére Samboro and Goudel are to be connected by the Seyni-Kountché Bridge , which runs across the island and has been under construction since December 2017.

literature

  • Issaka Badio: Typology des maraîchers des Sites de Nogaré, Kirkissoye, Lamordé, Néini Goungou, Diamioyoyé et analyze de leurs stratégies de production . Faculté d'Agronomie, Université Abdou Moumouni de Niamey, Niamey 2005.

Individual evidence

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  3. ^ Heinrich Barth: Travels and discoveries in North and Central Africa . Fifth volume. Justus Perthes, Gotha 1858, p. 278 .
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  7. ^ Répertoire National des Communes (RENACOM). (RAR) Institut National de la Statistique de la République du Niger, accessed on November 8, 2010 (French).
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  10. ↑ Zabeirou Moussa: Construction du pont de Troisième Niamey: Les travaux avancent normal management dix mois après leur lancement. In: aNiamey.com. October 18, 2018, accessed May 7, 2019 (French).

Coordinates: 13 ° 31 '  N , 2 ° 4'  E