Tondikandia
| Tondikandia rural community | |||
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| Coordinates | 13 ° 54 ' N , 3 ° 4' E | ||
| Basic data | |||
| Country | Niger | ||
| Tillabéri | |||
| department | Filingué | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | NE-6 | ||
| surface | 2,279.8 km² | ||
| Residents | 108,991 (2012) | ||
| density | 47.8 Ew. / km² | ||
Tondikandia is a rural municipality in the Filingué department in Niger .
geography
Tondikandia is located northeast of the capital Niamey on the Dallol Bosso in the southern Sahel zone . The neighboring communities are Dingazi and Filingué in the northwest, Imanan and Kourfeye Center in the northeast, Loga and Tagazar in the south and Simiri in the east. The settlements in the municipality are 152 villages, 83 hamlets and 6 camps. The main town of the rural municipality is the village of Damana . Other larger villages in the municipality are Fandou Béri and Fandou Mayaki .
history
The area of Tondikandia, which is characterized by many valleys and ravines and inhabited by Zarma, was a retreat for bandits who robbed the villages on the Niger River before the arrival of the French at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries . At the end of the 19th century, the warrior Karanta established himself as ruler of Tondikandia. The French colonial administration established a canton in Tondikandia and in 1901 recognized Karanta as head of the canton. The rural community of Tondikandia emerged from the canton of Tondikandia / Damana in 2002 as part of a nationwide administrative reform.
population
At the 2012 census, Tondikandia had 108,991 residents who lived in 6147 households. At the 2001 census, the population was 84,223 in 10,448 households. Around half of the population are Zarma. Other ethnic groups in the municipality include the Tuareg , Fulbe and, to a lesser extent, Hausa .
Economy and Infrastructure
Tondikandia is located in a zone where rain-fed agriculture is practiced. Labor migration abroad is also of economic importance . The major infrastructural problems in the community include the shortage of health care personnel and watering holes that have been damaged by erosion.
Personalities
- Soumana Kalkoye (* 1966), officer, born in the village of Fandou Mayaki in the municipality of Tondikandia
- Seyni Kountché (1931–1987), Head of State of Niger, born in the village of Fandou Béri in the municipality of Tondikandia
- Demba Maïnassara (1910–1996), officer, born in the village of Damana in the municipality of Tondikandia
literature
- Idi Namata Abdou: Diagnostic de l'agro-système et esquisse d'un plan villageois de développement (PVD) de Talifanta Béri . Faculté d'Agronomie, Université Abdou Moumouni, Niamey 1992.
- A. Souley, EK Hahonou: Les associations cantonales dans le Tagazar et le Tondikandia (= Etudes et Travaux du LASDEL . No. 24 ). LASDEL, Niamey / Parakou March 2004 ( lasdel.net [PDF]).
- Mamadou Aboubacar Traoré: Dégradation des sols du dallol Bosso. Conséquences pour l'agriculture-stratégies d'amélioration. Cas des villages Kouboutié, Lamoudi, Naguizé et N'gawa . Faculté d'Agronomie, Université Abdou Moumouni, Niamey 1995.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Répertoire National des Localités (ReNaLoc). (RAR) Institut National de la Statistique de la République du Niger, July 2014, pp. 435–440 , accessed on August 7, 2015 (French).
- ^ Republic of Niger: Loi n ° 2002-014 du 11 JUIN 2002 portant création des communes et fixant le nom de leurs chefs-lieux .
- ↑ Edmond Séré de Rivières: Histoire du Niger . Berger-Levrault, Paris 1965, pp. 86-87.
- ↑ Edmond Séré de Rivières: Histoire du Niger . Berger-Levrault, Paris 1965, p. 243.
- ^ Répertoire National des Communes (RENACOM). (RAR file) Institut National de la Statistique, accessed November 8, 2010 (French).
- ↑ a b Présentation de la commune de Tondikandia ( Memento of the original from January 23, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) 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 ANIYA Coopération Décentralisée Niger-France, accessed on January 29, 2012.
- ^ 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.
