Mirriah Department

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Mirriah is a department in the region of Zinder in Niger.

Geography

The Department is located in the south of the country. It consists of the town of Zinder, the municipality Mirriah and the rural communities Dogo, Droum, Gaffati, Gouna, Hamdara, Kolleram and Zermou. The eponymous capital of the department is Mirriah.

History

After independence in 1960, Niger's territory into 32 districts ( circonscriptions ) was divided. One of them was the district Mirriah. 1964 was divided into seven administrative reform Niger departments, the predecessor of the later regions, and 32 arrondissements, the predecessor of the later departments. As part of the district Mirriah was converted to the district Mirriah. The educator Souleymane Ly headed from 1967 to 1968 as a sub- prefect of the arrondissement. The late Prime Minister Mamane Oumarou 1975 was sub-prefect of Mirriah. In 1998, the former arrondissements of Niger were raised to departments, each headed by an appointed Council of Ministers is prefect. The structure of the department in communities exists since the year 2002. Previously, it consisted of the urban centers Miriah and Zinder and the cantons Miriah, Alberkaram, Babantapki, Dakoussa, Damagaram Takaya, Dogo, Droum, Gaffati, Garagoumsa, Gouna, Guidimouni, Kissambana / Hamdara, Moa, Ouamé / Kagna Ouamé, Tirmini and Zermou. 2011 have been extracted as a separate department from the Department Mirriah Damagaram Takaya and Takeita. The 2013 appointed Prefect of Mirriah is Abdallah Iliad.

Population

The Department has Mirriah according to the Census 2012 827.974 inhabitants, of which 321 809 in the city of Zinder. In the 2001 census, before the dissolution of Damagaram Takaya and Takeita, there were 770 638 inhabitants in the census 1988 535 222 inhabitants in the census 1977 351 193 inhabitants.