Yaouri

Yaouri rural parish
	Yaouri rural parish
	Yaouri rural parish
Coordinates	13 ° 16 ' N , 8 ° 34' E Coordinates: 13 ° 16 ' N , 8 ° 34' E
Basic data
Country	Niger
region	cinder
department	Kantché
ISO 3166-2	NE-7
Residents	33,663 (2010)

Yaouri is a rural municipality in the Kantché department in Niger .

geography

Yaouri is located at the transition from the Sudan to the Sahel zone . The neighboring communities are Matamèye in the north, Dogo in the east, Bandé in the southeast, Kwaya in the south, Sassoumbroum in the southwest and Kourni in the west. The municipality is divided into 28 administrative villages, 29 traditional villages, 40 hamlets and six camps. The main town of the rural community is the administrative village of Yaouri.

history

The rural community of Yaouri emerged from part of the canton of Kantché in 2002 as part of a nationwide administrative reform.

population

At the 2001 census, Yaouri had 24,793 inhabitants. For 2010, 33,663 inhabitants were calculated. Members of the Fulbe sub-group Daourawa, which mainly practices agropastoralism , live in Yaouri .

Economy and Infrastructure

The community is located in the narrow zone along the border with Nigeria , which extends from Tounouga in the west to Malawa in the east and is used in irrigation farming for cash crops .

literature

Mondher Kilani, Maman Waziri Mato: Gomba Hausa. Dynamique du changement in un village sahélien du Niger . Payot, Lausanne 2000, ISBN 2-601-03254-5 .
Sitou Lawali Mani: Dynamique des transactions foncières et vulnérabilité rurale au Niger: cas des communes rurales de Tchadoua et Yaouri . Dissertation. University of Liège, Liège 2011.

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 .
^ 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.
↑ 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 ( online version ( Memento of July 13, 2010 in the Internet Archive ); PDF; 11.3 MB), p. 33.
^ Comprendre l'économie des ménages ruraux au Niger . Save the Children UK, London 2009 ( online version ( Memento from September 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive ); PDF; 2.6 MB), p. 8.

[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] 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.

[4] 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 ( online version ( Memento of July 13, 2010 in the Internet Archive ); PDF; 11.3 MB), p. 33.

[5] Comprendre l'économie des ménages ruraux au Niger . Save the Children UK, London 2009 ( online version ( Memento from September 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive ); PDF; 2.6 MB), p. 8.