Téra (department)

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Department of Téra
Departments in the Tillabéri region until 2011
Departments in the Tillabéri region until 2011
Basic data
Country Niger
region Tillabéri
Seat Téra
Residents 337,433 (2012)
ISO 3166-2 NE-6
politics
prefect Soumana Hamidou

Coordinates: 14 ° 1 ′  N , 0 ° 45 ′  E

Téra is a department in the region of Tillabéri in Niger .

geography

The department is located in the south-west of the country and borders Burkina Faso and Mali . It consists of the urban parish of Téra and the rural parishes of Diagourou , Gorouol , Kokorou and Méhana . The eponymous capital of the department is Téra.

history

After Niger gained independence in 1960, the national territory was divided into 32 districts ( circonscriptions ). One of them was the Téra district. 1964 an administrative reform divided Niger into seven departments, the predecessors of the later regions, and 32 arrondissements, the predecessors of the later departments. In the course of this, the district of Téra was converted into the Arrondissement of Téra.

In 1998, the previous Arrondissements of Niger were elevated to departments, each headed by a prefect appointed by the Council of Ministers. The department has been divided into municipalities since 2002. Before that, it consisted of the urban center Téra and the cantons of Téra, Dargol, Diagourou, Gorouol / Yatakala and Kokorou. In 2011, Bankilaré and Gothèye were separated from the Téra department as separate departments.

population

According to the 2012 census, the department of Téra has 337,433 inhabitants. In the 2001 census, before the separation of Bankilaré and Gothèye, there were 425,824 inhabitants, in the 1988 census 294,939 inhabitants and in the 1977 census 210,089 inhabitants.

administration

At the head of the department is a prefect (French: préfet ) who is appointed by the Council of Ministers on the proposal of the Minister of the Interior .

Prefects of the Department of Téra (selection)
Term of office Surname
...
Apr 15, 2010 - Jun 3, 2011 Soumana Djibo Maiga
Jun 3, 2011 - May 2, 2014 Allasane Salou Alpha (aka Alassane Salou)
May 2, 2014 - Jul 29, 2016 Oumarou Mahamane
Jul 29, 2016 - Jan 10, 2020 Hamadou Halidou
since Jan. 10, 2020 Soumana Hamidou

literature

  • Daouda Chékaraou Tawayé: Déterminants de l'insécurité alimentaire dans les ménages ruraux cas de la région de Téra . Faculté d'Agronomie, Université Abdou Moumouni de Niamey, Niamey 2012.
  • Adamou Hamani: Gestion des marchés ruraux de bois installés dans le département de Téra. Atouts et contraintes . Faculté d'Agronomie, Université Abdou Moumouni de Niamey, Niamey 2010.
  • Hama Hima: Transhumance et gestion décentralisée des ressources naturelles. Contraintes et opportunités pour l'intégration des transhumants in the gestion locale des ressources naturelles in the region de Téra north . Center Régional d'Enseignement Spécialisé en Agriculture (CRESA), Niamey 2002.

Web links

Commons : Téra (Department)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tillabéri. (No longer available online.) In: Projet d'Appui au Processus de la Décentralization. Ministère de l'Intérieur, de la Sécurité Publique, de la Décentralization et des Affaires Religieuses, archived from the original on February 2, 2014 ; Retrieved January 28, 2014 (French).
  2. ↑ Edmond Séré de Rivières: Histoire du Niger . Berger-Levrault, Paris 1965, p. 19 .
  3. ↑ Edmond Séré de Rivières: Histoire du Niger . Berger-Levrault, Paris 1965, p. 275 .
  4. ↑ Historique de la decentralization. (No longer available online.) ANIYA. Réseau des collectivités nigériennes et françaises, archived from the original on April 6, 2012 ; Retrieved January 28, 2014 (French).
  5. ^ Répartition de la Population de la Région de TILLABERI par Sexe selon le Département, Canton ou Zone Restante et le Center Urbain. (PDF) Institut National de la Statistique du Niger, 2001, accessed on January 28, 2014 (French).
  6. ↑ Une nouvelle loi sur le redécoupage administratif . In: L'Arbre à Palabres . No. 13 , August 11, 2011, p. 2 ( PDF file [accessed January 28, 2014]).
  7. ↑ Présentation des résultats préliminaires du Quatrième (4ème) Recensement Général de la Population et de l'Habitat (RGPH) 2012. (PDF) Institut National de la Statistique du Niger, April 2013, p. 6 , accessed on January 28, 2014 ( French).
  8. ^ Annuaire statistique des cinquante ans d'indépendance du Niger. (PDF; 3.1 MB) Institut Nationale de la Statistique du Niger, 2010, p. 49 , accessed on January 27, 2013 (French).
  9. ^ Communiqué du conseil des ministres du jeudi 15 avril 2010. In: Niger Diaspora. April 15, 2010, accessed October 14, 2018 (French).
  10. ^ Au Conseil des ministres: le gouvernement adopte plusieurs projets de lois et des mesures nominatives. In: PlaneteAfrique. June 6, 2011, accessed October 14, 2018 (French).
  11. ↑ Au Conseil des ministres du vendredi May 02, 2014: Adoption de plusieurs projets de textes et mesures nominatives. In: Niger Diaspora. May 5, 2014, accessed October 14, 2018 (French).
  12. ↑ Communiqué du Conseil des ministres du vendredi 29 June 2016. In: Tamtam Info. August 1, 2016, accessed October 14, 2018 (French).
  13. ^ Communiqué du Conseil des ministres du vendredi 10 January 2020. In: Niger Diaspora. January 11, 2020, accessed on January 11, 2020 (French).