Tesker (department)

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Tesker Department
Departments in the Zinder region until 2011
Departments in the Zinder region until 2011
Basic data
Country Niger
region cinder
Seat Tesker
Residents 38,128 (2012)
ISO 3166-2 NE-7
politics
prefect Issa Sakola

Coordinates: 15 ° 7 '  N , 10 ° 42'  E

Tesker is a department in the region of Zinder in Niger .

geography

Termite massif in the Tesker department

The department is located in the south of the country. It extends over the area of ​​the rural municipality of the same name Tesker . In elections to the National Assembly, the Tesker department forms one of eight special constituencies across the country. While the regular constituencies, in which a certain number of MPs are elected, correspond to the eight regions of Niger, those entitled to vote in the special constituencies each elect their own MP. The Termite massif is up to 710 meters high in Tesker . The valley of the Dilia de Lagané runs from its southern foothills to the neighboring region of Diffa .

history

The department goes back to the administrative post ( poste administratif ) of Tesker, which was established in 1978. In 2011, the administrative post was removed from the Gouré department and elevated to the Tesker department.

population

According to the 2012 census, the Tesker department has 38,128 inhabitants. From 2001 to 2012, the population increased by an average of 4.3% annually (nationwide: 3.9%).

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 .

Prefect of the Tesker Department
Term of office Surname
Feb. 29, 2012 - Dec. 20, 2013 Mahamadou Ahila
Dec 20, 2013 - Jul 29, 2016 Mahamadou Mohamed
since Jul. 29, 2016 Issa Sakola

literature

  • Loko Ibrahim Illo: Caractérisation de douze (12) aires pastorales des départements de Gouré et de Tesker . Mémoire. Faculté d'Agronomie, Université Abdou Moumouni de Niamey, Niamey 2017.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Zinder. (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). 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / decentralization-niger.org
  2. ↑ Conseil Constitutionnel de Transition: Arrêt n ° 009/11 / CCT / ME du 16 mars 2011. (PDF) March 16, 2011, pp. 2–3 , accessed on January 28, 2014 (French).
  3. ^ 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 January 28, 2014]).
  4. ↑ 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]).
  5. ↑ 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).
  6. ↑ Au Conseil des ministres: Le gouvernement adopte plusieurs projets de textes et des mesures nominatives . In: Le Sahel . March 1, 2012, p. 4 ( nigerdiaspora.net [PDF; accessed October 15, 2018]).
  7. ^ Au Conseil des ministres: Le gouvernement adopte plusieurs projets de textes. In: Niger Diaspora. December 23, 2013, accessed October 14, 2018 (French).
  8. ↑ Communiqué du Conseil des ministres du vendredi 29 June 2016. In: Tamtam Info. August 1, 2016, accessed October 14, 2018 (French).