Tessa (Niger)

Rural community of Tessa
Rural community of Tessa
Coordinates	12 ° 46 ′  N , 3 ° 25 ′  E Coordinates: 12 ° 46 ′  N , 3 ° 25 ′  E
Basic data
Country	Niger
region	Dosso
department	Dosso
Residents	26,668 (2012)

Tessa is a rural municipality in the department of Dosso in Niger .

geography

Tessa is located in the greater Sudan landscape . The neighboring communities are Goroubankassam in the north, Karguibangou in the east, Dioundiou in the south and Farey in the west. The municipality is divided into 34 administrative villages, four traditional villages, four hamlets and 16 camps. The main town of the rural municipality is the administrative village of Tessa.

The large, periodically water-bearing dry valley Dallol Foga runs through the municipality in a north-south direction . Of all the municipalities in the Dosso region , Tessa is at the highest risk of flooding.

history

Tessa was founded by Zarma . In 1900, the ruler of Tessa submitted to the French but refused to accept the supremacy of the Zarmakoye of Dosso . Nevertheless, a few years later, Tessa was integrated into the canton of Dosso. The rural community of Tessa was only spun off from the canton of Dosso in 2002 during a nationwide administrative reform.

population

At the 2001 census, Tessa had 19,734 residents. At the 2012 census, the population was 26,668.

Economy and Infrastructure

Tessa is in a rain-fed zone . National Road 1 , which is part of the international Dakar-N'Djamena Highway , runs through the north of the municipality, near the administrative village of Tourobon .

Personalities

• Tombokoye Tessa (around 1927–1990, actually Adamou Ali ), singer

literature

• Boukari Saley: Les systèmes de production du terroir de Tessa . Faculté d'Agronomie, Université Abdou Moumouni, Niamey 1994.

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. ↑ M. Tiepolo, M. Ali, M. Bacci, S. Braccio, H. Issa, AZ Oumarou: Analyze du risque d'inondation dans les communes de la Région de Dosso au Niger, 1998-2016. (PDF) Projet ANADIA 2.0, report no. 5. Agence Italienne pour la Coopération au Développement, 2018, pp. 10 and 22 , accessed on April 26, 2018 (French). 
4. ↑ Jean-Paul Rothiot: Une chefferie précoloniale au Niger face aux représentants Coloniaux, naissance et d'une essor dynasty . In: Cahiers d'histoire. Revue d'histoire critique , No. 85/2001 ( online version ).
5. ^ 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. 53.
6. ↑ Presentation of the result globaux définitifs du Quatrième (4ème) Recensement Général de la Population et de l'Habitat (RGP / H) de 2012. (PDF) Institut National de la Statistique, 2014, accessed on April 21, 2014 (French). 
7. ^ 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.