Oumourdan Magass
| Quartier d'Oumourdan Magass Oumourdan Magass district |
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|---|---|
| Coordinates | 16 ° 58 ′ N , 8 ° 0 ′ E |
| Basic data | |
| Country | Niger |
| Agadez | |
| department | Tchirozérine |
| ISO 3166-2 | NE-1 |
| Borough | Agadez |
| Residents | 3738 (2012) |
Oumourdan Magass (also: Imourdan Imajeghen , Imourdan Magass , Imour Dan Magass ) is a district of Agadez in Niger .
Oumourdan Magass is one of eleven historic area of the UNESCO World Heritage counting old town of Agadez , in the east it is. The adjoining old town quarters are Amarewat in the north, Oumourdan Nafala in the south, Agar Garin Saka in the southwest and Akanfaya in the west.
Historically, Oumourdan Magass is one of the three districts of the Tuareg Confederation Kel Owey, along with Akanfaya and Oumourdan Nafala . These quarters are characterized by many paddocks for camels called agajir and by temporary residences for foreign nomads called guida-n- baki . Imourdan Imajeghen, an epithet of Oumourdan Magass, means "Imourdan of the nobles". The population is subordinate to the Gonto von Oumourdan Magass, a traditional mayor who acts as a middleman between the Sultan of Agadez and the residents.
At the 2012 census, Oumourdan Magass had 3738 inhabitants who lived in 621 households. At the 2001 census, the population was 5,045 in 805 households, and at the 1988 census, the population was 1,107 in 138 households.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Agadez. Plan de Gestion du center historique, 2012–2018. (PDF) Ministère de la Jeunesse, des Sports et de la Culture, January 2012, pp. 17–18 , accessed on January 30, 2018 (French).
- ↑ Aboubacar Adamou: Agadez et sa Région (= Études Nigériennes . No. 44 ). Pr. De Copédith, Paris 1979, p. 141 .
- ↑ Répertoire National des localites (ReNaLoc). (RAR) Institut National de la Statistique de la République du Niger, July 2014, p. 19 , accessed on 7 August 2015 (French).
- ^ Répertoire National des Communes (RENACOM). (RAR file) Institut National de la Statistique, accessed November 8, 2010 (French).
- ↑ Recensement Général de la Population 1988: Répertoire National des Villages du Niger . Bureau Central de Recensement, Ministère du Plan, République du Niger, Niamey March 1991, p. 25 ( ceped.org [PDF; accessed January 31, 2018]). www.ceped.org ( Memento of the original dated January 31, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) 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.
