Zabori (Niger)
| Rural municipality of Zabori | |||
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| Coordinates | 12 ° 42 ' N , 3 ° 33' E | ||
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| Country | Niger | ||
| Dosso | |||
| department | Dioundiou | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | NE-3 | ||
| surface | 136 km² | ||
| Residents | 11,125 (2012) | ||
| density | 81.8 Ew. / km² | ||
Zabori is a rural community in the Dioundiou department in Niger .
geography
Zabori is located in the greater Sudan landscape . The neighboring communities are Karakara in the north and east, Dioundiou in the south and Karguibangou in the west. The municipality is divided into 13 administrative villages, 15 traditional villages and three camps. The main town of the rural municipality is the administrative village of Zabori.
The large, periodically water-bearing dry valley Dallol Maouri runs through the municipality . In addition to Tessa and Tounouga, Zabori is one of the communities in the Dosso region with the highest risk of flooding.
history
Zabori was founded in the 18th century by Hausa who, according to tradition, immigrated from Bornu . The French colonial administration turned Zabori into a canton at the beginning of the 20th century . The rural community of Zabori emerged from the canton of Zabori in 2002 as part of a nationwide administrative reform. During the flood disaster in West and Central Africa in 2010 , 824 residents of Zabori were classified as disaster victims. Since 2011, the rural community no longer belongs to the Gaya department , but to the newly created Dioundiou department.
population
At the 2001 census, Zabori had 7957 inhabitants. At the 2012 census, the population was 11,125.
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 . National Road 2 runs through Zabori and connects the town with Koré Maïroua and Farey , among others .
literature
- Yaou Malam Tounga: Diagnostic des exploitations agricoles et besoin en appui-conseils dans la commune rurale de Zabori. Cas de la grappe des Villages de Farin Doutchi, Garin Sama, Sagadé, Tounga Gawassa et Zabori . Faculté d'Agronomie, Université Abdou Moumouni de Niamey, Niamey 2015.
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 .
- ↑ M. Tiepolo, M. Ali, M. Bacci, S. Braccio, H. Issa, AZ Oumarou: Analyze du risque d'inondation dans les communes de la Région de Dosso au Niger, 1998-2016. (PDF) Projet ANADIA 2.0, report no. 5. Agence Italienne pour la Coopération au Développement, 2018, pp. 10 and 22 , accessed on April 26, 2018 (French).
- ↑ Problematique you générale Foncier dans la commune urbaine de Gaya (PDF, 1.4 MB). Website of the development aid organization SNV, published December 2008, accessed on November 23, 2013.
- ↑ Edmond Séré de Rivières: Histoire du Niger . Berger-Levrault, Paris 1965, p. 241.
- ↑ Situation des besoins des populations victimes d'inondations (2010) ( Memento of the original from October 16, 2014 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. . Website of the Center d'Information et de Communication, published on September 23, 2010, accessed on March 31, 2012.
- ↑ 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]).
- ^ 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. 54.
- ↑ Presentation of the result globaux définitifs du Quatrième (4ème) Recensement Général de la Population et de l'Habitat (RGP / H) de 2012. (PDF) Institut National de la Statistique, 2014, accessed on April 21, 2014 (French).
- ^ Comprendre l'économie des ménages ruraux au Niger . Save the Children UK, London 2009 ( online version ( memento of the original from September 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this note. ; PDF; 2.6 MB), p. 8.
