N'Dounga

Rural municipality of N'Dounga
Rural municipality of N'Dounga
Coordinates	13 ° 21 ′  N , 2 ° 15 ′  E Coordinates: 13 ° 21 ′  N , 2 ° 15 ′  E
Basic data
Country	Niger
region	Tillabéri
department	Collo
Residents	20,754 (2010)

N'Dounga (also: Dounga ) is a rural community in the Kollo department in Niger .

geography

Street scene in the village of Guéssélbodi Dabaga in the municipality of N'Dounga

N'Dounga is located in the southern Sahel on the Niger River . The neighboring communities are Hamdallaye in the north, Kouré in the northeast, Kollo in the southeast, Youri in the southwest and Liboré in the northwest. The municipality is divided into 12 villages and 14 hamlets. The main town of the rural community is the village of Fandobon (also: N'Dounga Fondobon).

The Forêt classée de Guéssélbodi is a 5100 hectare protected forest area in the municipality of N'Dounga. It was placed under protection in 1948.

history

The Zarma settlement N'Dounga was founded at the end of the 16th century. Its founder was a son of the warrior Hawa Izé Mali, who resisted the conquerors from Morocco for the Songhairian Empire and traced his descent to the legendary hero Mali Béro . The settlement became the seat of the Zarma subgroup Kogori. The ruler of N'Dounga assumed the title of Zarmakoy . A son of a Zarmakoy named Sébangou Mali founded the settlement Gamkalley Sébanguey , which is now a district of the capital Niamey . The Zarma of N'Dounga regularly went on raids in the region in the 19th century, for example to Bonkoukou , Karma and Sakoïra . They also tried, albeit unsuccessfully, to attack Dosso .

The rural community of N'Dounga emerged from the canton of N'Dounga in 2002 as part of a nationwide administrative reform.

population

At the 2001 census, N'Dounga had 14,862 residents. For 2010, 20,754 inhabitants were calculated.

Culture

In N'Dounga there is a school for Djesseré , a special kind of storyteller who passes on historical traditions in long lectures.

Economy and Infrastructure

Rice field in N'Dounga

The community is located in a zone where rain-fed agriculture is practiced.

Personalities

• Idé Oumarou (1937–2002), politician, diplomat and writer
• Oumarou Sidikou (1938–2005), politician and bank manager

Web links

Commons : N'Dounga  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Répertoire National des Communes (RENACOM) . 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. ↑ Données disponibles pour chaque forêt classée ( Memento of July 29, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ). Website of the Direction de l'Environnement, Ministère de l'Hydraulique, de l'Environnement et de la Lutte Contre la Désertification, accessed on 25 February 2012.
4. ↑ Ursula Meyer: Foncier périurbain, citoyenneté et formation de l'état au Niger. Une analyze ethnographique de Niamey . LIT, Münster 2018, ISBN 978-3-643-80287-3 , p. 106 .
5. ↑ Edmond Séré de Rivières: Histoire du Niger . Berger-Levrault, Paris 1965, p. 94.
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. 56.
7. ↑ Hamadou Seini: Zarma-Songhoï Verbal Artistry and Expression: From the Epic to the Francophone Novel, with a Focus on Intertextual Dialogue Across the Genres . Dissertation. University of Colorado, Boulder 2013, pp. 32 ( scholar.colorado.edu [PDF; accessed April 2, 2020]).
8. ^ 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.