Guidimouni

Region

Guidimouni is a rural municipality in the Department Damagaram Takaya in Niger.

Geography

Guidimouni lies in the Sahel. The neighboring municipalities are Mazamni in the north, Damagaram Takaya in the northeast, Guidiguir the southeast, Gouchi in the south, southwest and Zermou Hamdara in the northwest. The municipality is divided into 43 administrative villages, 86 traditional villages, 61 hamlets, four bearings and two water points. The main town of the rural community is located on a small lake village administrative Guidimouni.

History

The village was, according to tradition settled in the 10th century by Kanuri from Bornu. The French colonial administration set up in the early 20th century, a canton in a Guidimouni. 1932 the canton of the area of the dissolved canton Mazamni was connected. In 2002, as part of a nationwide administrative reform from the Canton Guidimouni out the rural communities Goudimouni and Mazamni. Since 2011, the two rural communities do not belong to the department Mirriah, but the newly established Department Damagaram Takaya.

Population

At the 2001 census Guidimouni had 38 923 inhabitants. For the year 2010 52.849 inhabitants were calculated. In Guidimouni members of the mainly Agropastoralismus operated Kanuri subgroup Dagra live.

Economy and infrastructure

The rural community is located on the National Road 1, 2012 began the renovation of the 870 km long road section to the regional capital of Zinder. On the market of Guidimouni is particularly traded with sugar cane, which is sold to the capital, Niamey.