Tarka (municipality, Niger)

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Tarka rural municipality
Tarka rural community (Niger)
Tarka rural municipality
Tarka rural municipality
Coordinates 14 ° 41 ′  N , 8 ° 0 ′  E Coordinates: 14 ° 41 ′  N , 8 ° 0 ′  E
Basic data
Country Niger

region

cinder
department Belbédji
ISO 3166-2 NE-7
Residents 86,695 (2010)

Tarka is a rural municipality in the department Belbédji in Niger .

geography

A Boscia senegalensis bush near Belbédji
A Kraussella amabile grasshopper near Belbédji

Tarka is in the Sahel . The neighboring communities are Ingall in the northwest, Aderbissinat in the north, Tenhya in the northeast, Gangara in the east, Falenko in the southeast, El Allassane Maïreyrey in the south, Tagriss in the southwest and Gadabédji in the west. The municipality is divided into 177 administrative villages, 54 traditional villages, 94 hamlets, 59 camps and 23 water points. The main town of the rural municipality is the administrative village of Belbédji (also: Belbéji, Belbégi).

The Tarka Valley runs through the municipal area in an east-west direction, which is around 300 kilometers long and continues west through the Maradi and Tahoua regions .

history

The French colonial administration established a canton in Tarka in 1943 . The Tarka Valley formed its northern border with an area inhabited by nomads. An administrative post ( poste administratif ) was set up in Belbédji in 1988 , a lower administrative unit headed by a chef de poste administratif . The rural community of Tarka emerged from the canton of Tarka and part of the previously unincorporated area north of the Tarka valley during a nationwide administrative reform in 2002. The administrative post of Belbédji was elevated to a department in 2011. Since then, Tarka no longer belongs to the Tanout department , but to the Belbédji department.

population

At the 2001 census, Tarka had 63,848 residents. For the year 2010, 86,695 inhabitants were calculated. In Tarka members live mainly of agriculture based Hausa subgroup Gobirawa well as on remote pasture specialized Fulani subgroups Katchinanko'en, Oudah'en and Wodaabe and Tuareg subgroups Ichiriffen, Ikanawan, Imouzgou, Imouzwagan, Imuzzurag, Inesseliman, Kel Gariss, Kel Gress, Kel Iferwane and Tegama.

Economy and Infrastructure

The north of the municipality belongs to a zone in which pasture farming is the predominant occupation. The south is in the area of agropastoralism . In the main town there has been a local radio communautaire since May 22, 2000 .

Personalities

  • Hamid Algabid (* 1941), politician, Prime Minister Nigers, born in the capital Belbédji

literature

  • Maidabo Abdou: Innovation technologiques et mutations socio-économiques dans un espace sahélien: cas de la basse vallée de la Tarka . Thesis. Université Abdou Moumouni de Niamey, Niamey 1999.

Web links

Commons : Tarka (Niger)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

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. ↑ Comité Interministériel de Pilotage de la Stratégie de Développement Rural Secrétariat Exécutif: Le Zonage Agro-écologique du NIGER . Niamey 2004 ( online version ; PDF; 411 kB), pp. 8–9.
  4. ↑ Edmond Séré de Rivières: Histoire du Niger . Berger-Levrault, Paris 1965, p. 257.
  5. ↑ Abdoulaye Mohamadou: Décentralisation et pouvoir local au Niger . International Institute for Environment and Development, London 2009, ISBN 978-1-84369-726-8 , p. 7.
  6. ^ Frédéric Giraut: Retour du refoulé et effet chef-lieu. Analysis d'une refonte politico-administrative virtual au Niger . PRODIG, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-901560-38-5 , pp. 35 ( PDF file [accessed August 17, 2013]).
  7. ↑ 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]).
  8. ^ 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. 57.
  9. ↑ Ministère de l'élevage et des industries animales / République du Niger (ed.): La mobilité pastorale dans la Région de Zinder. Stratégies et dynamisme des sociétés pastorales . Niamey 2009 ( online version ( Memento of the original from July 13, 2010 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; 11, 3 MB), pp. 30 and 32–33. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.iram-fr.org
  10. ^ 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.savethechildren.org.uk
  11. ↑ La situation de la communication pour le développement au Niger (Etat des lieux). Tome 1. (PDF file; 461 kB) Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2003, p. 23 , accessed on November 1, 2019 (French).