Tassara
| Tassara Rural Community | |||
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| Coordinates | 16 ° 48 ' N , 5 ° 39' E | ||
| Basic data | |||
| Country | Niger | ||
| Tahoua | |||
| department | Tassara | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | NE-5 | ||
| Residents | 24,187 (2010) | ||
| politics | |||
| mayor | Mahamed Chérif (2004) | ||
| Political party | PNDS Tarayya | ||
Tassara is a rural municipality and the capital of the Tassara department of the same name in Niger .
geography
Tassara is located at the transition from the Sahel to the Sahara desert . The neighboring communities are Ingall in the northeast, Abalak in the southeast, Tchintabaraden in the southwest and Tillia in the northwest. The municipality is divided into 19 administrative villages, four hamlets, 25 camps and 27 water points. The main town of the rural community is the administrative village of Tassara.
history
An administrative post ( poste administratif ) was set up in Tassara in 1971 , a lower administrative unit headed by a chef de poste administratif . The rural community of Tassara was created as an administrative unit in 2002 as part of a nationwide administrative reform in a previously community-free area. The administrative post of Tassara was removed from the Tchintabaraden department in 2011 and elevated to the Tassara department.
population
At the 2001 census, Tassara had 17,952 residents. For 2010, 24,187 inhabitants were calculated.
politics
In the local elections in July 2004, Mahamed Chérif ( PNDS-Tarayya ) was elected mayor. On April 15, 2010, the Council of Ministers appointed Mahamed Chérif as Administrator ( Administrateur Délégué ) of the municipality.
Culture and sights
Every two years in October there is a festival of Arab cattle breeders in Tassara and the neighboring municipality of Tillia .
Economy and Infrastructure
To the south of the part of the municipality in which the desert predominates, pasture farming is the main industry.
Individual evidence
- ^ Répertoire National des Communes (RENACOM) . Institut National de la Statistique website, accessed January 22, 2011.
- ^ Republic of Niger: Loi n ° 2002-014 du 11 JUIN 2002 portant création des communes et fixant le nom de leurs chefs-lieux .
- ^ 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]).
- ↑ 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]).
- ^ 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. 56.
- ^ Maires du PNDS. (PDF) PNDS-Tarayya , archived from the original on December 2, 2013 ; accessed on February 14, 2018 (French).
- ^ Conseil des ministres du Niger on 15 avril 2010. In: Temoust.org. April 16, 2010, archived from the original on April 18, 2010 ; accessed on February 14, 2018 (French).
- ↑ Présentation de Tahoua, région phare de la sixième édition du SAFEM 2009 ( Memento of the original of July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 887 kB). P. 6, SAFEM website , accessed on March 5, 2012.
- ^ 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.
