Tibiri (Maradi)
| Tibiri rural community | |||
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| Coordinates | 13 ° 34 ' N , 7 ° 3' E | ||
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| Country | Niger | ||
| Maradi | |||
| department | Guidan Roumdji | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | NE-4 | ||
| Residents | 125,806 (2012) | ||
Tibiri , formerly also Chibiri and Tsibiri , is a rural community in the Guidan Roumdji department in Niger . It is the seat of the Sultan of Gobir .
geography
Tibiri is located in the greater Sudan landscape and borders the neighboring state of Nigeria in the southwest . The neighboring communities in Niger are Chadakori and Guidan Sori in the north, Maradi and Saé Saboua in the east, and Safo and Sarkin Yamma in the southeast.
The municipality is divided into 84 administrative villages, 15 traditional villages, 31 hamlets and five camps. The river bed of Wadi Goulbin Maradi is located southwest of the town center . On the opposite side, in the northeast, the national road 1 leads past the town center. Tibiri is semicircular, with the road network radiating out from a center point.
history
Tibiri was founded in 1836 under the ruler Mayaki as the new capital of the house state Gobir , which replaced the old capital of Alkalawa, founded in the 18th century in today's Nigeria . In 1899 the French mission Voulet-Chanoine reached the city. A few years later, Tibiri came under French rule. The office of traditional ruler of Gobir continued to exist, even after Niger's independence, whereby it was increasingly limited to purely representative functions. As a result, Tibiri lost its political importance during the colonial period, but the outstanding cultural significance of the place for the Hausa has been preserved .
Until 1972, only the major cities of Niamey , Maradi, Tahoua and Zinder had the status of an independent municipality in Niger . This year Tibiri was raised to a parish at the same time as six other Nigerien towns. In 1985, Tibiri syndrome appeared for the first time in connection with increased fluorine levels in municipal water supplies . The disease occurred in children up to five years of age and manifested itself among other things as short stature , deformities of the head and tooth discoloration. Over a period of 16 years, more than 10,000 children became victims of Tibiri syndrome. In 2010, the Niger government elevated the traditional ruler of Gobir to sultan.
population
At the 2001 census, Tibiri had 82,053 inhabitants. At the 2012 census, the population was 125,806. 95% of the population belong to the Hausa ethnic group, including assimilated Kanuri . Fulani make up 3% and Tuareg 2% of the population.
Culture and sights
Every year a large traditional religious ceremony of supraregional importance takes place at a seasonal lake twelve kilometers east of Tibiri . Sights in Tibiri include the chefferie traditionnelle , which is the seat of the Sultan, as well as the palace of the ruler of Gobir.
Economy and Infrastructure
Tibiri's location in the large Sudan landscape creates favorable conditions for agriculture by Nigerian standards. More than 90% of the population practice traditional agriculture. Millet and sorghum are grown for self- sufficiency . The cultivation of peas , peanuts, sorrel and sesame, however, is mainly done for commercial purposes. Livestock raising includes poultry, cattle, donkeys, horses, camels, sheep, and goats. Of particular economic and cultural importance is a robust red-haired goat ( chèvre rousse de Maradi ) bred mainly in Tibiri .
The market day in Tibiri is Wednesday. Important goods in the flourishing informal trade are livestock and everyday items such as sugar, rice, wheat flour, tea, hygiene articles and clothing. There are various craft businesses such as blacksmiths, shoemakers, potters and weavers.
The numerous infrastructural problems include, in some cases, serious deficiencies in the water supply, sewerage, street lighting and the quality of the road surface, poor access to health facilities and insufficiently qualified workers. Another disadvantage is the lack of a bridge over the Goulbin Maradi.
Individual evidence
- ^ Répertoire National des Communes (RENACOM) . Institut National de la Statistique website, accessed November 8, 2010.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ a b c d e Présentation de la commune de Tibiri-Gobir ( 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 ANIYA Coopération Décentralisée Niger-France, accessed on January 27, 2011.
- ↑ Abdourahmane Idrissa, Samuel Decalo: Historical Dictionary of Niger . 4th edition. Scarecrow, Plymouth 2012, ISBN 978-0-8108-6094-0 , pp. 118 .
- ^ 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. 55.
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ Jolijn Geels: Niger . Bradt, Chalfont St Peter 2006, ISBN 1-84162-152-8 , p. 210.
