Yama (Niger)

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Location of Yama in Niger

Yama (also: Yaama , Yamma ) is a village in the Badaguichiri rural community in Niger .

The village, led by a traditional chief ( chef traditionnel ), is located around 22 kilometers southeast of Badaguichiri, the capital of the rural community of the same name, which belongs to the Illéla department in the Tahoua region. Larger villages in the area are Dindi in the northeast, Toubout in the east and Dabnou and Tchouroutt in the southwest. The townscape is characterized by traditional individual farms and large round granaries made of clay. In the area around Yama there is barren vegetation, only directly north of the village is a comparatively fertile dry valley .

At the 2012 census, Yama had 7351 residents who lived in 1282 households. At the 2001 census, the population was 3,395 in 531 households, and at the 1988 census, the population was 3,379 in 590 households.

The center of village life is to architecturally significant, the local architect Falcon Barmou built Great Mosque of Yama . Here, in the old town center, there is also the seat of the traditional mayor and several small shops. The main road from Yama continues to the west on an unpaved country road, which takes about half an hour to reach the trunk road N29 between Tahoua and Tsernaoua .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b National Repertoire des Localités (ReNaLoc). (RAR) Institut National de la Statistique de la République du Niger, July 2014, p. 343 , accessed on 7 August 2015 (French).
  2. ↑ a b Yaama Mosque (Yaama, Niger). (en) In: Islamic Arts and Architecture. October 7, 2011, accessed September 8, 2018 .
  3. ^ Répertoire National des Communes (RENACOM). (RAR file) Institut National de la Statistique, accessed November 8, 2010 (French).
  4. ↑ Recensement Général de la Population 1988: Répertoire National des Villages du Niger . Bureau Central de Recensement, Ministère du Plan, République du Niger, Niamey March 1991, p. 307 ( ceped.org [PDF; accessed January 31, 2018]). www.ceped.org ( Memento of the original dated January 31, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) 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.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ceped.org

Coordinates: 14 ° 22 ′  N , 5 ° 30 ′  E