Siné Godar

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Location of Siné Godar in Niger

Siné Godar (also: Sinégodar , Sinégodrar , Chinagodar and Chinagodrar ) is a village in the rural community of Banibangou in Niger .

The village, led by a traditional local chief (chef traditionnel) , is located about 37 kilometers northeast of the main town of the rural community of Banibangou, which belongs to the Banibangou department of the same name in the Tillabéri region. Siné Godar is a border town to Mali . Andéramboukane is on the other side of the border . National Road 24 , which connects Mali and the Nigerien capital Niamey , runs through Siné Godar .

In the course of the conflict in northern Mali , a makeshift refugee camp was set up near the village, which in February 2012 housed around 7,000 refugees from the neighboring country, many times the population of the village. The UNICEF organized drinking water . In March 2012, over 2000 people were transferred to the sheltered refugee camp in Abala . The majority of the refugees who were to be brought to Ouallam preferred to stay in the Siné Godar near the border. In June 2018, there were still 124 refugee households out of 526 domestic households. According to the Nigerien government, 89 soldiers and 77 terrorists were killed in a terrorist attack on the military post in Siné Godar on January 9, 2020.

At the 2012 census, Siné Godar had 1766 inhabitants who lived in 246 households. At the 2001 census, the population was 821 in 85 households, and at the 1988 census, the population was 909 in 134 households.

In the village there is a market and a mosque as well as a primary school and a simple medical station (case de santé) .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b National Repertoire des Localités (ReNaLoc). (RAR) Institut National de la Statistique de la République du Niger, July 2014, p. 422 , accessed on 7 August 2015 (French).
  2. ^ Nicole Lawrence: The Sahel: Fleeing from conflict at home, Malian refugees find a food crisis in Niger. OCHA, February 16, 2012, accessed on January 10, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Niger Bulletin d'Information Humanitaire No. 11/2012. (PDF) OCHA, 2012, p. 1 , accessed on January 10, 2020 (French).
  4. ↑ a b Rapport - première evaluation EHA sur le site de déplacés de Sinégodar, commune de Banibangou, région de Tillabéri. Mission réalisée le 1er Juin 2018 ed = ACTED. (PDF) 2018, pp. 2 and 9 , accessed on January 10, 2020 (French).
  5. ↑ Le Gouvernement décide d'un deuil national de 72 heures, à compter du lundi January 13, 2020, et appelle la population à plus de vigilance, de sérénité et d'unité. In: Niger Diaspora. January 13, 2020, accessed on January 13, 2020 (French).
  6. ^ Répertoire National des Communes (RENACOM). (RAR file) Institut National de la Statistique, accessed November 8, 2010 (French).
  7. ↑ 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. 248 ( web.archive.org [PDF; accessed May 4, 2019]).

Coordinates: 15 ° 14 ′  N , 3 ° 0 ′  E