Sargadji

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Location of Sargadji in Niger

Sargadji (also: Sargaji , Sarkadié , Sarkadji ) is a village in the municipality of Loga in Niger .

The village, led by a traditional chief (chef traditionnel) , is located about five kilometers west of the city center of Loga, which belongs to the Loga department of the same name in the Dosso region. Larger villages in the vicinity of Sargadji are Sokorbé in the south, around 11 kilometers away, and Tabla in the northwest, around 22 kilometers away .

At the turn of the 19th to the 20th century, Sargadji was the scene of a revolt against the incipient French colonial rule . The causes of the Sargadji revolt were complex. One of the main reasons was the attempt to subordinate the independent settlements of Sargadji and Loga to the rule of Zarmakoye , the traditional ruler of Dosso , who was allied with the French . In August 1899 and February 1900, Zarma troops in Sargadji defeated the French armed forces in surprise attacks. A French delegation finally captured Sargadji and Loga on November 16 and 18, 1900. The places were destroyed, the inhabitants fled into the bushland and only gradually returned. The uprising flared up again briefly in 1905 until Sargadji was finally pacified in the same year. The writer Saley Boubé Bali dealt with the revolt in his 2013 novel Sargadji l'indomptable .

At the 2012 census, Sargadji had 4,297 inhabitants who lived in 597 households. At the 2001 census, the population was 3,539 in 410 households, and at the 1988 census, the population was 3,624 in 455 households.

The Sargadji weekly market extends along national road 23 . The cattle market is one of the most important in the region , alongside those in Balleyara and in Loga town center. There is a primary school in Sargadji and a health center with a Center de Santé Intégré (CSI).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b National Repertoire des Localités (ReNaLoc). (RAR) Institut National de la Statistique de la République du Niger, July 2014, p. 176 , accessed on August 7, 2015 (French).
  2. ^ A b Abdourahmane Idrissa, Samuel Decalo: Historical Dictionary of Niger . 4th edition. Scarecrow, Plymouth 2012, ISBN 0-7864-0495-7 , pp. 397 .
  3. ^ A b Edmond Séré de Rivières: Histoire du Niger . Berger-Levrault, Paris 1965, p. 205 .
  4. ↑ Sargadji l'indomptable. In: Africultures. Retrieved August 29, 2019 (French).
  5. ^ Répertoire National des Communes (RENACOM). (RAR file) Institut National de la Statistique, accessed November 8, 2010 (French).
  6. ↑ 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. 118 ( web.archive.org [PDF; accessed May 4, 2019]).
  7. ↑ Mamosso Alzouma Aichatou Christiane: Plan d'actions des mesures de mitigations de l'actualisation des études d'évaluation de l'impact social des travaux de réhabilitation des routes en terres du financement additional (309 km). Alex RN25 PK 98.6 - Tabla - Loga 39 km. Defined report . Ministère de l'équipement, République du Niger, November 2012, p. 11 ( documents.banquemondiale.org [PDF; accessed August 29, 2019]).

Coordinates: 13 ° 37 '  N , 3 ° 10'  E