Kirtachi

Region

Kirtachi ( German outdated: Kirotaschi ) is a rural municipality in the department of co-location in Niger.

Geography

Kirtachi lies on the River Niger in the big landscape Sudan. The neighboring municipalities are Kouré in the north, Fakara, Fabidji and Falmey the east, and Say and Tamou in the West. South of Kirtachi extending the World Heritage Site National Park W. The municipality is divided into 25 administrative villages and 38 hamlets. The main town of the rural community is Kirtachi consisting of the administrative villages Kirtachi Seybou and Kirtachi Zéno.

History

Kirtachi was founded in the early 19th century by a Zarma called Afoda. The name Kirtachi is a contraction of the words kiro, the " bird " means and tachi, which can be translated as " sandbar " or " sand dune ". 1895 came in Kirtachi Ernst von Carnap - Quernheimb, which should expand the sphere of influence coming of the German Empire in the scramble for Africa from the south, on Georges- Joseph Toutée, who was there on behalf of France. The German advance in this region of Africa was stopped with it. 1903 taught in France Kirtachi a military base one that had previously been in the uncertain border town of Gaya. Kirtachi offered the French a privileged location from which to monitor the caravan trade from Say. In the first half of the 20th century there was in the village Kirtachi Zéno a dispute between two brothers, whereupon the younger left the place and the village Kirtachi Seybou founded. The rural community Kirtachi was founded in 2002 at a nationwide administrative reform from the Canton Kirtachi forth.

Population

At the 2001 census Kirtachi had 24,314 inhabitants. For the year 2010 33.955 inhabitants were calculated.

Economy and infrastructure

The municipality is located in a zone is operated in the rain-fed agriculture.