Yékoua
| Yékoua rural municipality | |||
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| Coordinates | 13 ° 2 ' N , 8 ° 41' E | ||
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| Country | Niger | ||
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| department | Magaria | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | NE-7 | ||
| Residents | 44,223 (2010) | ||
Yekoua is a rural municipality in the department of Magaria in Niger .
geography
Yékoua is located in the greater Sudan landscape and borders the neighboring state of Nigeria in the south . The neighboring communities in Niger are Kwaya in the north, Magaria in the east and Sassoumbroum in the west. The municipality is divided into 30 administrative villages, 14 traditional villages, 18 hamlets and 13 camps. The main town of the rural community is Yékoua, consisting of the administrative villages of Yékoua Nagalabou and Yékoua Yaroro.
In Yékoua there is around 600 millimeters of annual rainfall, which is comparatively high by Nigerian standards and roughly corresponds to that of Vienna . However, the predominantly sandy soils cause the rain to seep away quickly and the water supply for people and livestock is inadequate. The forest areas in the rural community are threatened by deforestation, as wood is the most important energy resource for the population and is used as the predominant building material.
history
At the beginning of the 19th century, the Fulbe conqueror Usman dan Fodio joined the Hausa state of Daura, south of Yékoua, to his caliphate of Sokoto . Usman dan Fodio appointed one of his students as governor in Daura, who initially drove Abdou, the former Hausa ruler, from there. Abdou fled to the north, to Korgom , Kantché , Zinder and Mirriah , until he finally settled in Yékoua. From there he tried to retake Daura, but died around 1825 without having expelled the Fulbe. Abdou was succeeded by his brother Loukoudi, who was defeated by the Sultanate of Zinder around 1845, whereby Yékoua came under its rule. In the course of this, the Sultan of Zinder captured the insignia of the former Hausa state of Daura, which were kept by Loukoudi. Loukoudis son Nouhou tried unsuccessfully to shake off the supremacy of Zinder and to recapture Daura. Around 1850 he succeeded his father as ruler, gave up Yékoua as the seat of power and settled in Zango . The colonial drawing of borders at the beginning of the 20th century showed that the place Zango fell to Nigeria and thus to the British , while most of the area ruled by Zango and in the Hausa tradition of Daura - including Yékoua - came to the French- ruled Niger .
The rural community of Yékoua was created as an administrative unit in 2002 as part of a nationwide administrative reform from part of the canton of Magaria.
population
At the 2001 census, Yékoua had 32,570 inhabitants. For 2010, 44,223 inhabitants were calculated. The majority of the population belongs to the Hausa ethnic group . There are also minorities of the Fulbe and Tuareg .
Economy and Infrastructure
The main economic activity in Yékoua is agriculture, followed by livestock. Millet, sorghum , cowpeas , peanuts, corn and sorrel are grown . A lack of fallow periods and outdated management methods lead to progressive soil depletion . The transhumant animal husbandry is operated by the Fulbe and Tuareg. The livestock farming of the sedentary farmers mainly affects small ruminants and poultry and is the domain of women. In addition, sheep and cattle are kept as fattening cattle, which are an important source of income. Due to the limited arable land, there are conflicts between arable farmers and ranchers.
National road 12 runs through the municipality between Magaria and the state border with Nigeria . The poor condition of the roads hinders the development of trade relations in the rural community. Due to its proximity to Nigeria, the naira is the most important means of payment. The craftsmen of Yékoua, who have a low social status and work with inadequate equipment, make, among other things, metal goods, wickerwork, ceramics and ornate calabashes . The education system and health care are poorly developed. In the absence of electricity, there is no public street lighting even in the main town.
Individual evidence
- ^ Répertoire National des Communes (RENACOM) . Institut National de la Statistique website, accessed January 22, 2011.
- ↑ Republic of Niger: Loi n ° 2002-014 du 11 JUIN 2002 portant création des communes et fixant le nom de leurs chefs-lieux http://www.case.ibimet.cnr.it/den/Documents/code_rural/cdrom/doc % 20pdf / Loi% 20N% B02002-14% 20cr% E9ation% 20des% 20communes.pdf (link not available)
- ↑ a b http://www.france-niger.com/commune-rurale-de-yekoua (link not available)
- ↑ Edmond Séré de Rivières: Histoire du Niger . Berger-Levrault, Paris 1965, pp. 153–154.
- ^ 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. 57.
