Niamey II

Arrondissement Niamey II
Coordinates	13 ° 31 ' N , 2 ° 6' E Coordinates: 13 ° 31 ' N , 2 ° 6' E
	Niamey II (red) in the city of Niamey
Basic data
Country	Niger
Capital District	Niamey
ISO 3166-2	NE-8
Residents	246,898 (2012)

Niamey II is one of the five arrondissements of the Nigerien capital Niamey .

geography

Niger riverside in Niamey II

Rue du Festival street in Niamey II

Niamey II is located on the left bank of the Niger River between the arrondissements of Niamey I and Niamey III . The Nigerien National Museum, opened in 1959, is located in the south of Niamey II .

Niamey II consists of an urban area, which is divided into 20 districts (quartiers) , and a rural area with a village (village) and four hamlets (hameaux) .

The neighborhoods are:

The village is:

Bossey Bongou Château

The hamlets are:

history

Niamey II has existed in its current area since 1996. The city of Niamey was divided into five districts in 1984. In 1989 the 1st and 2nd districts were merged to form a municipality ( French : commune urbaine ) within Niamey. This municipality was named Niamey I and until 1996 comprised the area of today's Arrondissements Niamey II, Niamey I and part of today's Arrondissement Niamey III . In 2010, the municipalities of Niameys were converted into arrondissements.

population

At the 2001 census, Niamey II had 165,075 inhabitants. At the 2012 census, the population was 246,898.

literature

Kokou Henri Motcho: La réforme communale de la communauté urbaine de Niamey . In: Revue de geographie alpine . No. 92, 2004. pp. 111–124 ( online version )

Web links

Commons : Niamey II - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Répertoire National des localites (ReNaLoc). (RAR) Institut National de la Statistique de la République du Niger, July 2014, pp. 715–716 , accessed on August 7, 2015 (French).
^ Programs d'orientation de la politique de développement de la Ville de Niamey: le Maire central Oumarou Moumouni Dogari face aux défis communaux. Le Sahel, 2012, accessed April 26, 2013 (French).
^ Répertoire National des Communes (RENACOM) . Institut National de la Statistique website, accessed November 8, 2010.
↑ Presentation of the résultats globaux définitifs du Quatrième (4ème) Recensement Général de la Population et de l'Habitat (RGP / H) de 2012. (PDF file) Institut National de la Statistique, 2014, accessed on April 21, 2014 (French ).

[1] Répertoire National des localites (ReNaLoc). (RAR) Institut National de la Statistique de la République du Niger, July 2014, pp. 715–716 , accessed on August 7, 2015 (French).

[2] Programs d'orientation de la politique de développement de la Ville de Niamey: le Maire central Oumarou Moumouni Dogari face aux défis communaux. Le Sahel, 2012, accessed April 26, 2013 (French).

[3] Répertoire National des Communes (RENACOM) . Institut National de la Statistique website, accessed November 8, 2010.

[4] Presentation of the résultats globaux définitifs du Quatrième (4ème) Recensement Général de la Population et de l'Habitat (RGP / H) de 2012. (PDF file) Institut National de la Statistique, 2014, accessed on April 21, 2014 (French ).