Ouattagouna

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Ouattagouna
Ouattagouna (Mali)
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Coordinates 15 ° 11 '  N , 0 ° 43'  E Coordinates: 15 ° 11 '  N , 0 ° 43'  E
location
Basic data
Country Mali

region

Gao
circle Ansongo
ISO 3166-2 ML-7
surface 3077 km²
Residents 30,263 (2009)
density 9.8  Ew. / km²
politics
mayor Harouna Keibou (2009)
Political party URD

Ouattagouna (also Ouatagouna ) is a rural community in Ansongo County in Mali .

geography

Ouattagouna is located on the state border with Niger in the extreme south of Ansongo County in the Gao region . The neighboring communities in Mali are Tessit in the west, Tin-Hama and Bourra in the north and Ménaka in the east. In the south, Ouattagouna borders the rural community of Inatès in Niger. Larger localities in the municipality next to the main town Ouattagouna are Bentia, Fafa, Karou and Labbézanga.

The Niger River crosses the municipality from north to south. Apart from rocky banks on the river and a few hills, the terrain is flat. Typical of the sparse vegetation on the dunes are Cenchrus biflorus and Chrozophora brocchiana . Acacia ehrenbergiana and Schoenefeldia gracilis grow on the loamy plains . Typical plants for the floodplains are Echinochloa stagnina , Oryza longistaminata and Vetiveria nigritana . The wildlife in Ouattagouna is subject to climatic imponderables and the pressure of human settlement. It includes gazelles , hussar monkeys , hyenas , jackals , turtles and monitor lizards . In the east and south of Ouattagouna, the foothills of the Ansongo-Ménaka nature reserve stretch out, which was created between 1956 and 1960 to protect fauna that was still more species-rich at the time.

The community lies at the transition from the Sahel to the Sahara . From March to June it is dry and hot, from November to February it is dry and cold. There are short periods of precipitation in July and October. The average amount of precipitation rarely exceeds 260 mm per year. Harmattan is typical for the dry seasons and the monsoons for the rainy seasons .

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history

The rural municipality of Ouattagouna was established as an administrative unit by a law of November 4, 1996 ( loi n ° 096-059 du 4 November 1996 portant création des communes ).

The conflict in northern Mali in 2012 drove many residents to flight. Around 3,300 refugees from Ouattagouna were accommodated in the Tabareybarey refugee camp in Ayérou in Niger alone .

population

The rural community had 30,263 inhabitants at the 2009 census, 5338 of them in the main town. The ethnic groups Songhai , Fulbe and Tuareg live in Ouattagouna . The sedentary inhabitants have settled in the river valley. The nomadic population has fixed locations ( débés ) in the municipality, some of which resemble villages. For all ethnic groups, Islam is the predominant religion.

politics

The Mayor of Ouattagouna is Harouna Keibou ( URD ). In the municipal council , eight of the 23 seats go to ADEMA , eight to URD , 2 to RPM , one to PCR , one to RDS and three to others (result of the local elections 2009). The community has three members in the Ansongo County Council and one member in the Gao Region Regional Assembly.

Economy and Infrastructure

The economic cornerstones of the community are agriculture, livestock, fishing, fruit growing, timber industry, handicrafts and retail. Agriculture and animal husbandry are practiced by both the sedentary and the nomadic population. The cultivation of rice , millet , sorghum and black peas , which is practiced under unfavorable climatic conditions, is used for personal use. Furthermore, the fruits of plants such as desert dates and cram-cram are harvested. The most common farm animals are cattle, sheep, goats, camels and donkeys. The local timber industry produces, among other things, firewood, charcoal, construction timber and material for making pirogues, and contributes to deforestation in the rural community. The craft activities in Ouattagouna include working wood, metal, leather and hides, as well as basketry and pottery .

There are four weekly markets in the municipality: in the villages of Fafa, Karou, Labbézanga and Outtagouna. Fixed trade relations exist with the Malian communities Andéramboukane , Bourra, Tessit and Tin-Hamma as well as with the Niger community Ayérou. Some residents of Ouattagouna try to supplement their income with seasonal labor migration , which takes them every year to other regions of Mali, to Niger and Nigeria .

Personalities

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Monograph de la commune de Ouattagouna. (PDF) (No longer available online.) Groupement pour l'Aménagement et la Gestion de Forêts et l'Environnement (AGEFORE), October 2004, pp. 10–11 , archived from the original on October 6, 2011 ; Retrieved October 26, 2015 (French). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.environnement.gov.ml
  2. ↑ a b 4ème Recensement Général de la Population et de l'Habitat du Mali (RGPH). Results définitifs. Tome 0: Repertoire des villages. (PDF) Institut National de la Statistique (INSTAT), March 2013, p. 285 , accessed on October 26, 2015 (French).
  3. ↑ Monograph de la commune de Ouattagouna. (PDF) (No longer available online.) Groupement pour l'Aménagement et la Gestion de Forêts et l'Environnement (AGEFORE), October 2004, pp. 13-14 , archived from the original on October 6, 2011 ; Retrieved October 26, 2015 (French). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.environnement.gov.ml
  4. ↑ a b c d Plan de sécurité alimentaire: Commune de Ouatagouna 2005–2009. (PDF) (No longer available online.) Commune de Ouatagouna, July 3, 2005, pp. 2–3 , archived from the original on June 6, 2014 ; Retrieved October 26, 2015 (French). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / fsg.afre.msu.edu
  5. ↑ Tabareybarey Refugee Camp. (PDF) UNHCR, October 2013, accessed on October 26, 2015 .
  6. ↑ a b Monograph de la commune de Ouattagouna. (PDF) (No longer available online.) Groupement pour l'Aménagement et la Gestion de Forêts et l'Environnement (AGEFORE), October 2004, pp. 15-16 , archived from the original on October 6, 2011 ; Retrieved October 26, 2015 (French). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.environnement.gov.ml
  7. ↑ Année d'élection 2009. Informations sur les élus. (PDF) Ministère de l'Administration territoriale et des Collectivités locales, August 12, 2009, p. 557 , archived from the original on March 18, 2010 ; Retrieved October 26, 2015 (French).