Tessaoua (department)

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Tessaoua department
Departments in the Maradi region until 2011
Departments in the Maradi region until 2011
Basic data
Country Niger
region Maradi
Seat Tessaoua
surface 5471 km²
Residents 515,852 (2012)
density 94 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2 NE-4
politics
prefect Idi Sani Magagi

Coordinates: 13 ° 45 '  N , 7 ° 59'  E

Tessaoua is a department in the region of Maradi in Niger .

geography

National road 1 in the municipality of Tessaoua

The department is located in the south of the country. It consists of the township of Tessaoua and the rural parishes of Baoudetta , Hawandawaki , Koona , Korgom , Maïjirgui and Ourafane . The eponymous capital of the department is Tessaoua. The wide plains in the Tessaoua department are characterized by sandy soils with laterite sprinkles.

history

After Niger gained independence in 1960, the national territory was divided into 32 districts ( circonscriptions ). One of them was the Tessaoua district. 1964 an administrative reform divided Niger into seven departments, the predecessors of the later regions, and 32 arrondissements , the predecessors of the later departments. In the course of this, the Tessaoua district was converted into the Tessaoua arrondissement. Aguié was detached from Tessaoua as its own arrondissement in 1972.

In 1998 the previous Arrondissements of Nigers were converted into departments, each headed by a prefect appointed by the Council of Ministers. The department has been divided into municipalities since 2002. Before that, it consisted of the urban center Tessaoua and the cantons of Tessaoua, Korgom and Ourafane.

population

The Tessaoua department has 515,852 inhabitants according to the 2012 census. In the 2001 census it was 343,761 inhabitants, in the 1988 census 213,207 inhabitants and in the 1977 census 145,908 inhabitants.

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 .

Prefects of the Tessaoua Department (selection)
Term of office Surname
...
Apr 15, 2010 - Jun 3, 2011 Amirou Abdoulaye
Jun 3, 2011 - Jul 29, 2016 Idi Mamane Karbo (aka Idi Mamane)
since Jul. 29, 2016 Idi Sani Magagi

Web links

Commons : Tessaoua (department)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ Edmond Séré de Rivières: Histoire du Niger . Berger-Levrault, Paris 1965, p. 22 .
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  7. ↑ Répartition de la Population de la Région de MARADI par Sexe selon le Département, Canton ou Zone Restante et le Center Urbain. (PDF file) Institut National de la Statistique du Niger, 2001, accessed on January 28, 2014 (French).
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