Ourafane
| Ourafane rural parish | |||
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| Coordinates | 14 ° 4 ′ N , 8 ° 8 ′ E | ||
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| Country | Niger | ||
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| department | Tessaoua | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | NE-4 | ||
| Residents | 137,850 (2012) | ||
Ourafane (also: Ourofane ) is a rural community in the Tessaoua department in Niger .
geography
Ourafane is in the Sahel . The neighboring municipalities are Falenko in the north, Tirmini in the east, Garagoumsa in the south-east, Baoudetta in the south, Issawane in the south-west and El Allassane Maïreyrey in the north-west. The municipality is divided into 73 administrative villages, 111 traditional villages, 85 hamlets and three camps. The main town of the rural parish is the administrative village of Ourafane.
history
The French colonial administration established a canton in Ourafane at the beginning of the 20th century in order to limit the Tuareg's sphere of influence in the region. In 2002, as part of a nationwide administrative reform, the canton Ourafane became the rural community of Ourafane.
population
At the 2001 census, Ourafane had 88,900 inhabitants. At the 2012 census, the population was 137,850.
Economy and Infrastructure
The community is located on the southern edge of a zone where agropastoralism is practiced. There is a cattle market in the village of Gararé. The market day is Sunday.
Partner municipality
Individual evidence
- ^ Répertoire National des Communes (RENACOM) . Institut National de la Statistique website, accessed January 22, 2011.
- ^ Republic of Niger: Loi n ° 2002-014 du 11 JUIN 2002 portant création des communes et fixant le nom de leurs chefs-lieux .
- ↑ Edmond Séré de Rivières: Histoire du Niger . Berger-Levrault, Paris 1965, p. 248.
- ^ 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. 55.
- ↑ Presentation of the result globaux définitifs du Quatrième (4ème) Recensement Général de la Population et de l'Habitat (RGP / H) de 2012. (PDF) Institut National de la Statistique, 2014, accessed on April 21, 2014 (French).
- ^ 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.
- ^ Mahamadou Saley, Yatta Paul Maurice Mohamed: Projet Régional d'Appui au Pastoralisme au Sahel (PRAPS). Etude diagnostique des Systèmes d'Information sur les marchés à bétail du Burkina Faso, du Mali, de la Mauritanie, du Niger, du Sénégal et du Tchad. Définitif report. (PDF) CILSS , November 2016, accessed on May 2, 2018 (French).
- ↑ Ville d'Ourafane ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Chimay Parish Partnerships website, accessed February 26, 2012.
