Alakoss

Region

Alakoss is a rural municipality in the Department Gouré in Niger.

Geography

Alakoss located in the northern Sahel. The neighboring municipalities are Tanout the northwest, Tesker in the northeast, trowel in the east and Damagaram Takaya, Gamou, Moa and WAME in the south. The municipality is divided into 28 administrative villages, two traditional villages, four bearing and 30 water points. The main town of the rural community is Garazou consisting of the administrative villages Garazou I and II Garazou

History

In the 19th century Alakoss was under the protection of Ikizkichen, a subgroup of the Tuareg, which ensured the independence of the county of the Major neighbors Gouré and Zinder. The Ikizkichen founded the village of Garazou in the center of Alakoss. Their leaders were Abou Beker and Afiouel, which succeeded the 1865 ruling until 1901 Babouji. 1898 besieged Tuareg from Damargou unsuccessful Garazou. Baboujis successor was Ouantassa, who fell a victim to intrigue and 1906 died of thirst on the run in the desert Ténéré.

The rural community Alakoss emerged at a nationwide administrative reform from the Canton Alakoss as an administrative unit in 2002.

Population

At the 2001 census Alakoss had 15,173 inhabitants. For the year 2010 20.604 inhabitants were calculated. In Alakoss members of the mainly Agropastoralismus operated Kanuri subgroup Dagra and specialized in remote pasture Fulani subgroups Oudah'en and Wodaabe live.

Economy and infrastructure

The community is mostly in a zone in which Agropastoralismus is the predominant form of employment. In the north the area of ​​pure pastoralism begins.