Tidène

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Location of Tidène in Niger
Grave of the activist Mano Dayak from the Tidène Valley on a hill near Tidène (2004)

Tidène is a village in the municipality of Tchirozérine in Niger .

The village, run by a traditional chief (chef traditionnel) , is located in the southwest of the Aïr high mountains . It is located about 30 kilometers northeast of the city center of Tchirozérine, the capital of the Tchirozérine department of the same name , which belongs to the Agadez region. Among the larger villages around Tidene include the approximately 23 kilometers away Dabaga in the southeast, the approximately 40 kilometers away Elméki in the northeast and around 45 kilometers away Aoudéras the east. In Tidene, about 14 kilometers to the northeast, is the geographical center Niger ( ⊙ ).

The Tidène dry valley of the same name runs near the village , on whose banks members of the Tuareg ethnic group live. The Tuareg subgroup located in the valley originally came from the Adrar des Ifoghas in present-day Mali and has been based here since the end of the 19th century.

At the 2012 census, Tidène had 384 inhabitants who lived in 69 households. At the 1988 census, the population was 216 in 43 households.

Tidène is the birthplace of the politician Malick Sadelher (* 1965) and the guitarist and singer Bombino (* 1980).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b National Repertoire des Localités (ReNaLoc). (RAR) Institut National de la Statistique de la République du Niger, July 2014, p. 28 , accessed on 7 August 2015 (French).
  2. ^ Sophie Landrieu, Pierre-Marie Decoudras: Les réseaux au secours du territoire local: dynamique contemporaine des Touaregs de la vallée de Tidène (massif de l'Aïr, Niger) . In: François Bart, Serge Morin, Jean-Noël Salomon (eds.): Les montagnes tropicales: identités, mutations, développement (=  Espaces Tropicaux . No. 16 ). DYMSET / CRET, Pessac 2001, ISBN 2-906621-30-7 , pp. 546-547 .
  3. ↑ Recensement Général de la Population 1988: Répertoire National des Villages du Niger . Bureau Central de Recensement, Ministère du Plan, République du Niger, Niamey March 1991, p. 24 ( web.archive.org [PDF; accessed May 4, 2019]).
  4. ↑ Zabeirou Moussa: Bio express de M. Sadelher Malik, ministre de l'Agriculture et de l'Elevage: un homme attaché aux questions de l'Aménagement du territoire et de la Planification. In: Niger Diaspora. April 14, 2010, accessed on August 17, 2019 (French).
  5. ↑ Bombino at Allmusic (English). Retrieved August 17, 2019.

Coordinates: 17 ° 29 '  N , 8 ° 1'  E