Wadata (Niamey)

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Street scene on the boulevard Mali Béro in Wadata (2019)
Avenue du Kourfeye between the Écogare bus station and the Marché de Wadata (2018)

Wadata (also: Wadatta ) is a district of Niamey in Niger .

Wadata is located on the green belt of Niamey in the south of the Route Filingué district , which is part of the Niamey IV arrondissement .

The district is best known for the Marché de Wadata , a 1.5-hectare market, the radiance of which extends over the entire urban area. The market was created as an alternative quarter for the Grand Marché , the “big market” in the city center of Niamey, which fell victim to a major fire on the night of March 30th to March 31st, 1982. After the Grand Marché was rebuilt, the temporary facility turned into a permanent facility. The Marché de Wadata was fundamentally redesigned in 1994. After part of the market burned down in 2004, this was used to reduce the density of the market stalls and to create better access routes. These measures did not last long. In the rainy season, the market area can flood due to the lack of a drainage system.

The Marché de Wadata is connected to a center for handicrafts of about the same size , the Village Artisanal de Wadata . The center is used for training, manufacturing and sales. It is the largest of a series of village artisanals that were created as part of the Luxembourg- Nigerien development cooperation. The center is the venue for the Salon International de l'Artisanat pour la Femme , a fair for handicrafts by women.

The Écogare bus station is also located in Wadata and has also been seized by dealers. The district is a transit point for migrants and accordingly has many hostels for them. With a Center de Santé Intégré (CSI) there is a state health center. The Africa Muslims Agency operates an eye clinic in Wadata with the Hôpital Ophtalmologique Makka . There are several public primary schools in the district. The oldest, the Ecole primaire de Wadata I , was founded in 1986.

Individual evidence

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  2. ^ Benjamin Michelon, Laurence Wilhelm, Ibrahima Goumey: Diagnostic de l'armature commerciale de la ville de Niamey. Final report. (PDF) Groupe Huit, March 2015, pp. 15–16 , accessed on April 20, 2019 (French).
  3. ^ A b Benjamin Michelon, Laurence Wilhelm, Ibrahima Goumey: Diagnostic de l'armature commerciale de la ville de Niamey. Final report. (PDF) Groupe Huit, March 2015, p. 94 , accessed April 20, 2019 (French).
  4. ↑ Jolijn Geels: Niger . Bradt, Chalfont St Peter 2006, ISBN 1-84162-152-8 , p. 78 and 110 .
  5. ^ Medical care for people on the move in Niamey. Médecins Sans Frontières, December 19, 2018, accessed April 20, 2019 .
  6. ^ Niger DSS. In: Systems Nationale d'Information Sanitaire (SNIS). Ministère de la Santé Publique, République du Niger, accessed on June 9, 2019 (French).
  7. ↑ Abdoulaye Sounaye: Doing Development the Islamic Way in Contemporary Niger. In: Bulletin de l'APAD. 2011, accessed April 20, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Daniel Barreteau, Ali Daouda: Systèmes éducatifs et multilinguisme au Niger. Results scolaires, double flux . Orstom / Université Abdou Moumouni de Niamey, Paris / Niamey 1997, ISBN 2-7099-1365-8 , p. 86 ( horizon.documentation.ird.fr [PDF; accessed 29 May 2019]).

Coordinates: 13 ° 31 '  N , 2 ° 9'  E