Saga Goungou

Neighborhood; Saga Goungou
Coordinates	13 ° 28 ' N , 2 ° 8' E Coordinates: 13 ° 28 ' N , 2 ° 8' E
Basic data
Country	Niger
Capital District	Niamey
Arrondissement	Niamey IV
ISO 3166-2	NE-8
Residents	6327 (2012)

Saga Goungou (also: Saga Gongou ) is a district ( French : quartier ) in the Arrondissement Niamey IV of the city of Niamey in Niger .

geography

Saga Goungou is located in the south of the urban area of Niamey on the Niger River . The neighborhood is part of the historical center of Saga .

history

According to the local chronicle, Saga Goungou was founded in the late 16th century as one of the four oldest neighborhoods in Saga. The other three are Saga Fondobon , Saga Gassia Kouara, and Saga Sambou Koira . Mali Moussa, a son of the founder of Saga, Moussa Zarmakoye, is considered the founder of Saga Goungou.

population

At the 2012 census, Saga Goungou had 6,327 residents who lived in 958 households. At the 2001 census, the population was 2,390 in 369 households, and at the 1988 census, the population was 3,338 in 479 households.

literature

Gabriella Körling: In Search of the State. An Ethnography of Public Service Provision in Urban Niger (= Uppsala Studies in Cultural Anthropology . No. 51 ). Uppsala University, Uppsala 2011, ISBN 978-91-554-8127-8 (and diva-portal.org [PDF]).

Individual evidence

↑ Gabriella Körling: In Search of the State. An Ethnography of Public Service Provision in Urban Niger (= Uppsala Studies in Cultural Anthropology . No. 51 ). Uppsala University, Uppsala 2011, ISBN 978-91-554-8127-8 , pp. 85–86 ( including diva-portal.org [PDF; accessed on May 9, 2019]).
↑ Répertoire National des localites (ReNaLoc). (RAR) Institut National de la Statistique de la République du Niger, July 2014, p. 717 , accessed on 7 August 2015 (French).
^ Répertoire National des Communes (RENACOM). (RAR) Institut National de la Statistique de la République du Niger, accessed on 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. 225 ( web.archive.org [PDF; accessed May 4, 2019]).

[1] Gabriella Körling: In Search of the State. An Ethnography of Public Service Provision in Urban Niger (= Uppsala Studies in Cultural Anthropology . No. 51 ). Uppsala University, Uppsala 2011, ISBN 978-91-554-8127-8 , pp. 85–86 ( including diva-portal.org [PDF; accessed on May 9, 2019]).

[2] Répertoire National des localites (ReNaLoc). (RAR) Institut National de la Statistique de la République du Niger, July 2014, p. 717 , accessed on 7 August 2015 (French).

[3] Répertoire National des Communes (RENACOM). (RAR) Institut National de la Statistique de la République du Niger, accessed on November 8, 2010 (French).

[4] 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. 225 ( web.archive.org [PDF; accessed May 4, 2019]).