Sabon-machi

Sabon-Machi rural community
Sabon-Machi rural community
Coordinates	13 ° 53 '  N , 6 ° 59'  E Coordinates: 13 ° 53 '  N , 6 ° 59'  E
Basic data
Country	Niger
region	Maradi
department	Dakoro
Residents	35,988 (2012)
politics
mayor	Harouna Dan Fadji (2011)
Political party	PNDS Tarayya

Sabon-Machi (also: Sabon Machi , Sabonmachi ) is a rural community in the Dakoro Department in Niger .

geography

Sabon-Machi is in the Sahel . The neighboring communities are Adjékoria in the north, Kornaka in the east, Maïyara in the southeast, Chadakori in the south and Dan-Goulbi in the west. The municipality is divided into 36 administrative villages, one traditional village, 13 hamlets and a camp. The main town of the rural community is the administrative village of Sabon-Machi (also: Sabon Machi).

history

The village of Sabon-Machi was founded around 1850 by Bako Attabou, a man from Tessaoua , who was accompanied by a well-known marabout . The Hausa place name means "new lance". According to tradition, Bako Attabou beheaded his daughter's kidnapper with a new lance. The rural community of Sabon-Machi emerged from part of the canton of Kornaka in 2002 as part of a nationwide administrative reform.

population

At the 2001 census, Sabon-Machi had 25,205 inhabitants. At the 2012 census, the population was 35,988. The Hausa subgroups Tagamawa, Katsinawa, Gobirawa and Adarawa make up the majority of the population . In addition, partly nomadic, partly sedentary Tuareg and Fulbe live in the rural community.

politics

Mayor is Harouna Dan Fadji (since 2011) of the Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism (PNDS-Tarayya). The municipal council has eleven members.

Economy and Infrastructure

There is an important weekly market for cattle and grain in Sabon-Machi. The market day is Tuesday. The market area is regularly flooded in the rainy season and thus becomes temporarily unusable. The main occupations of the population are agriculture, animal husbandry and trade. The community is located in a zone where rain-fed agriculture is practiced. A health center (center de santé intégré), a maternity ward and eight health centers (cases de santé) are available for medical care. There is a middle school, a Koran school and three elementary schools in the rural community. National road 30 runs through Sabon-Machi and connects the town with the departmental capital Dakoro in the north and the rural community of Chadakori in the south, where it meets national road 1 .

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. ↑ ^{a b c d} Souley Moutari: Commune rurale de Sabon Machi, région de Maradi: contraintes et opportunités d'une jeune commune qui cherches ses marques . Le Sahel website, published September 14, 2012, accessed November 12, 2012.
4. ^ 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. 54.
5. ↑ 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). 
6. ↑ ^{a b} Souley Moutari: Interview du maire de la commune rurale de Sabon Machi, M. Harouna Dan Fadji . Le Sahel website, published September 14, 2012, accessed November 12, 2012.
7. ↑ Arrêt N ° 23/04 / CC / ME du 2 Juillet 2004 (PDF; 413 kB). Nigerien Constitutional Court website, accessed November 12, 2012.
8. ^ Abdoulaye Mohamadou: Le pouvoirs locaux à Birnin Lallé . In: Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan, Mahamam Tidjani Alou (ed.): Le pouvoirs locaux au Niger. Tome 1: À la veille de la decéntralisation . Karthala, Paris 2009, ISBN 978-2-8111-0306-4 , p. 271.
9. ^ 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.