Tillabéri

Municipality of Tillabéri
Municipality of Tillabéri
Coordinates	14 ° 13 ′  N , 1 ° 27 ′  E Coordinates: 14 ° 13 ′  N , 1 ° 27 ′  E
Basic data
Country	Niger
region	Tillabéri
department	Tillabéri
surface	452.2 km²
Residents	50.005 (2010)
density	110.6  Ew. / km²
Website	communetillaberi.net (French)
politics
mayor	Morou Kaboyé (2015)

Tillabéri (also: Tillabéry ) is the capital of the Tillabéri region in Niger . It has around 50,000 inhabitants.

geography

Location and urban structure

Tillabéri is located in the southern Sahel on the Niger River , around 120 kilometers from the capital Niamey . The neighboring communities are Sinder in the north, Sakoïra in the east, Kourteye in the south and Gothèye in the west. The urban area is divided into six districts, nine administrative villages and 64 hamlets. The neighborhoods are Baghdad, Gandatché, Kabia, Koira Tegui, Toula and Zongo.

The main urban development axes on which public life is concentrated are the N1 thoroughfare between Niamey and Mali and the river bank. To the north of the city center of Tillabéri ("Big Tilla") is Tillakaïna ("Little Tilla"), which were under a joint local chief as early as the 19th century.

climate

Tillabéri
Climate diagram
J F. M. A. M. J J A. S. O N D.     0   32 15th     0   36 17th     2.3   39 21st     5.6   41 23     17th   42 26th     47   39 24     103   35 23     143   34 22nd     70   36 23     11   38 22nd     0   36 18th     0   33 16 Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm Source: wetterkontor.de

Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Tillabéri Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 32.3 35.6 38.9 41.4 41.5 38.8 35.4 33.7 35.6 38.4 36.4 33.0 O 36.7 Min. Temperature (° C) 15.2 17.2 20.9 23.3 25.5 24.2 22.5 21.7 22.6 22.0 18.1 15.7 O 20.8 Precipitation ( mm ) 0.0 0.0 2.3 5.6 16.6 46.8 102.7 143.1 69.9 10.8 0.0 0.0 Σ 397.8 Hours of sunshine ( h / d ) 9.2 9.3 8.7 8.2 8.8 8.5 8.0 7.6 8.3 9.0 9.3 9.0 O 8.7 Rainy days ( d ) 0 0 0 1 2 5 9 10 6th 0 0 0 Σ 33 Humidity ( % ) 22nd 20th 25th 28 43 53 65 76 71 47 32 28 O 42.6 Source: wetterkontor.de

history

City entrance with French lettering Bienvenue à Tillabéri ("Welcome to Tillabéri")

Tillabéri was founded around 1810 by a Songhai named Songantcha Yacouba. The Tillabéri area came under French military administration at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries . The place became the administrative seat of a district in the military territory of Niger in 1908, which extended over the later departments of Tillabéri and Téra and was previously administered from 1900 by Sinder and from 1901 by Doulsou . In 1988, Tillabéri received the status of an independent municipality together with nine other Nigerien towns. By then there had been twelve parishes nationwide. During the floods in 2008, over 140 houses were destroyed and 180 fields were flooded. Almost 1900 residents were considered to be directly affected.

population

At the 1977 census, Tillabéri had 5,270 inhabitants, at the 1988 census 8,377 inhabitants and at the 2001 census 16,181 inhabitants. For the year 2010, after an enlargement of the municipal area, 50,005 inhabitants were calculated. Tillabéri is one of the main settlement areas of the Songhai in Niger, next to the municipality of Méhana and the village of Wanzerbé in the municipality of Gorouol .

politics

Mayor of the municipality is Morou Kaboyé, Deputy Mayor Moussa Douma. The city council has 16 members, 13 of whom are elected, three of whom are ex officio. The last election took place on October 31, 2010. The unelected members of the city council include the traditional local chiefs ( chefs traditionnels ) of Tillabéri and Sakoïra.

Culture and sights

The municipality operates two cultural centers, the Maison de la Culture Tinguizi Mabo and a newer Maison de la Culture , which opened in 2008 . There is a public library and several municipal sports facilities. At the governor's seat there is a sculpture by the sculptor Issoufou Lankondé depicting a woman from Zarmaganda .

Economy and Infrastructure

Building near the Daikana penal camp in Tillabéri

Signpost to the village of Mari in the municipality of Tillabéri

The market day is Sunday. There is a food market and a cattle market, both of which are on the thoroughfare. In Tillabéri there is a post office and a hotel, but no banks. Traditionally, the city and its surroundings are known for local rice cultivation.

There are 34 primary schools in Tillabéri, including one private school . There was an average of 23 pupils for every primary school teacher (39 nationwide). The city is the seat of a Tribunal de Grande Instance, one of the ten civil courts of first instance nationwide.

Tillabéri has a civil airport with an unpaved runway, Tillabéri Airport ( ICAO code : DRRL). Public buses run regularly to Niamey in the south, Ayérou in the north, and Asongo and Gao in Mali. Niamey can also be reached by public pirogue across the river.

Twin cities

• Juvisy-sur-Orge in France (since 1988)
• Thale in Germany

Personalities

• Mahamadou Karidio (* 1953), politician, mayor of Tillabéri
• Seini Oumarou (* 1950), politician
• Bania Mahamadou Say (1935-2005), author

literature

• Eric Komlavi Hahonou: Les pouvoirs locaux dans la commune de Tillabéri (=  Etudes et Travaux du LASDEL . No. 33 ). Niamey / Parakou February 2005 ( lasdel.net [PDF]).
• Eric Komlavi Hahonou: La question de l'hygiène et de l'assainissement à Tillabéri (=  Etudes et Travaux du LASDEL . No. 9 ). LASDEL, Niamey / Parakou 2003.
• Younoussi Issa: Les pouvoirs locaux dans la commune de Tillabéri (2) (=  Etudes et Travaux du LASDEL . No. 51 ). Niamey / Parakou January 2007 ( lasdel.net [PDF]).
• D. Maiga: Approche juridique de la question des déchets et de l'assainissement à Dogondoutchi et Tillabéri (=  Etudes et Travaux du LASDEL . No. 11 ). LASDEL, Niamey / Parakou 2003.

Web links

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

• Website of the municipality of Tillabéri (French)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Répertoire National des Communes (RENACOM) . Institut National de la Statistique website, accessed November 8, 2010.
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Jolijn Geels: Niger . Bradt, Chalfont St Peter 2006, ISBN 1-84162-152-8 , p. 59.
3. ^ Heinrich Barth: Travels and discoveries in North and Central Africa . Fifth volume. Justus Perthes, Gotha 1858, p. 279 .
4. ↑ Histoire  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Website of the municipality of Tillabéri, accessed July 5, 2013.  
5. ↑ Edmond Séré de Rivières: Histoire du Niger . Berger-Levrault, Paris 1965, pp. 234-235.
6. ↑ Historique de la decentralization au Niger ( Memento of the original of October 18, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 93 kB). Website of the program nigéro-allemand de lutte contre la pauvreté dans les zones de Tillabéri et Tahoua-Nord, published May 2008, accessed on 21 January 2012. 
7. ↑ Situation des dégâts causés par les inondations (2008) ( Memento of the original of February 2, 2014 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. . Center d'Information et de Communication website, published November 18, 2008, accessed March 31, 2012. 
8. ↑ bevölkerungsstatistik.de: Page no longer available , search in web archives: Tillabéry , accessed on January 10, 2012.
9. ^ 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. 56.
10. ^ Tunde Adeleke: Songhay . Rosen, New York 1996, ISBN 0-8239-1986-2 , p. 11.
11. ↑ Le Conseil Municipal  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Website of the municipality of Tillabéri, accessed July 5, 2013.  
12. ↑ Culture ( Memento of the original from August 13, 2015 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. . Website of the municipality of Tillabéri, accessed July 5, 2012. 
13. ↑ Issoufou Lankondé. La passion pour la sculpture. In: Media Niger. June 15, 2011, accessed October 16, 2019 (French). 
14. ^ William Adams Hance, The geography of modern Africa .
15. ↑ Statistiques de l'éducation de base. Annuaire 2009–2010 (PDF; 19.1 MB). Nigerien Ministry of Education website, published September 2010, accessed February 14, 2012.
16. ↑ Bachir Talfi: Note sur l'organization judiciaire . Nigerien Ministry of Justice website, accessed September 24, 2012.
17. ↑ Airports in Niger . Aircraft Charter World website, accessed January 23, 2012.
18. ↑ L'état des lieux des coopérations décentralisées entre le Niger et la France ( Memento of the original dated December 24, 2013 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. . French Ministry of Foreign Affairs website , published July 27, 2009, accessed February 25, 2012.