Wamé

Rural community of Wamé
Rural community of Wamé
Coordinates	14 ° 14 '  N , 9 ° 3'  E Coordinates: 14 ° 14 '  N , 9 ° 3'  E
Basic data
Country	Niger
region	cinder
department	Damagaram Takaya
Residents	31,659 (2010)

Wamé (also: Ouamé ) is a rural community in the Damagaram Takaya department in Niger .

geography

Wamé is in the Sahel . The neighboring communities are Tanout in the north, Alakoss in the northeast, Damagaram Takaya in the east, Albarkaram in the southeast, Dakoussa in the southwest and Olléléwa in the northwest. The municipality is divided into 39 administrative villages, 74 traditional villages, 72 hamlets and a camp. The main town of the rural municipality is the administrative village of Wamé (also: Kagna Wamé, Kagna Ouamé).

history

The French colonial administration established a canton in Wamé at the beginning of the 20th century , which was administered from the traditional seat of power ( French : chefferie traditionnelle ) in the neighboring village of Dakoussa. In 2002, as part of a nationwide administrative reform, the canton became the rural municipality of Wamé. Since 2011 the rural community no longer belongs to the Mirriah department , but to the newly founded Damagaram Takaya department.

population

At the 2001 census, Wamé had 23,317 inhabitants. For the year 2010 31,659 inhabitants were calculated. Members of the Fulbe subgroup Oudah'en , which mainly operates remote grazing, live in the Wamé .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Répertoire National des Communes (RENACOM) . Institut National de la Statistique website, accessed January 22, 2011.
2. ^ Republic of Niger: Loi n ° 2002-014 du 11 JUIN 2002 portant création des communes et fixant le nom de leurs chefs-lieux .
3. ↑ Edmond Séré de Rivières: Histoire du Niger . Berger-Levrault, Paris 1965, p. 250.
4. ↑ Une nouvelle loi sur le redécoupage administratif . In: L'Arbre à Palabres . No. 13 , August 11, 2011, p. 2 ( nigerdiaspora.net [PDF; accessed on January 28, 2014]).
5. ^ Institut Nationale de la Statistique du Niger (ed.): Annuaire statistique des cinquante ans d'indépendance du Niger . Niamey 2010; stat-niger.org (PDF; 3.1 MB), p. 57.
6. ↑ Ministère de l'élevage et des industries animales / République du Niger (ed.): La mobilité pastorale dans la Région de Zinder. Stratégies et dynamisme des sociétés pastorales . Niamey 2009; iram-fr.org ( Memento of the original from July 13, 2010 in the Internet Archive ; PDF; 11 MB) 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. P. 33.