Tesker

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Tesker rural community
Tesker rural community (Niger)
Tesker rural community
Tesker rural community
Coordinates 15 ° 7 ′  N , 10 ° 42 ′  E Coordinates: 15 ° 7 ′  N , 10 ° 42 ′  E
Basic data
Country Niger

region

cinder
department Tesker
ISO 3166-2 NE-7
Residents 33,544 (2010)

Tesker (also: Tasker ) is a rural community and the capital of the Tesker department of the same name in Niger .

geography

Landscape near the Termit massif in the municipality of Tesker

The sparsely populated Tesker extends over a wide area and is part of two large landscapes: the Sahel zone in the south and the Sahara desert in the north. In the northeast of the municipality, the up to rises 710  m high Termit Massif . The neighboring communities of Teskers are Fachi and Tabelot in the north, N'Gourti in the east, Alakoss , Kellé and N'Guelbély in the south and Tenhya in the west.

The municipality is divided into 36 administrative villages, a traditional village, three hamlets, 29 camps and 144 water points. The main town of the rural community is the administrative village of Tesker (also: Tasker), which is around 200 kilometers from the nearest main road.

history

An administrative post ( poste administratif ) was set up in Tesker in 1978 , a lower administrative unit headed by a chef de poste administratif . The rural community of Tesker was established as an administrative unit in 2002 as part of a nationwide administrative reform in a previously community-free area. The administrative post was removed from the Gouré department in 2011 and elevated to the Tesker department.

population

At the 2001 census, Tesker had 24,703 residents. For the year 2010 33,544 inhabitants were calculated. Tubu live in Tesker , who practice agropastoralism in the south of the rural community and remote grazing in the center and north . The Arabs who live in the north of the rural community, as well as members of the Tuareg subgroup Kanimatane and the Fulbe subgroups Bororo'en, Dabanko'en, Oudah'en, Tountoumankej and Wodaabe also specialize in remote grazing .

Economy and Infrastructure

In the main town of Tesker there is a military post and an important cattle market.

Personalities

literature

  • Karimou Barké Mahamadou: Caractérisation morpho-pédologique des cuvettes de Tchago et Worro (dans le département de Gouré) . Faculté d'Agronomie, Université Abdou Moumouni de Niamey, Niamey 2004.

Web links

Commons : Tesker  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Répertoire National des Communes (RENACOM) . Website of the Institut National de la Statistique; Retrieved January 22, 2011.
  2. ↑ Loi n ° 2002-014 du 11 JUIN 2002 portant création des communes et fixant le nom de leurs chefs-lieux . Republic of Niger.
  3. ↑ Jolijn Geels: Niger . Bradt, Chalfont St Peter 2006, ISBN 1-84162-152-8 , p. 224.
  4. ^ 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 ( archives-ouvertes.fr [PDF; accessed August 17, 2013]).
  5. ↑ Une nouvelle loi sur le redécoupage administratif . In: L'Arbre à Palabres . No. 13 , August 11, 2011, p. 2 ( nigerdiaspora.net [PDF; accessed on January 28, 2014]).
  6. ^ Annuaire statistique des cinquante ans d'indépendance du Niger . Institut Nationale de la Statistique du Niger, Niamey 2010, stat-niger.org (PDF; 3.0 MB) p. 57.
  7. ↑ La mobilité pastorale in the region of Zinder. Stratégies et dynamisme des sociétés pastorales . République du Niger - Ministère de l'élevage et des industries animales, Niamey 2009, iram-fr.org ( Memento of the original of July 13, 2010 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; 10.8 MB) pp. 31–33. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.iram-fr.org
  8. ^ Livelihoods Zoning “Plus” Activity In Niger . ( Memento from September 28, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 2.4 MB). Famine Early Warning Systems Network website, August 2011, p. 27; Retrieved January 19, 2012.