Moa (Niger)

Region

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

Geography

Moa is located in the Sahel. The neighboring municipalities are Alakoss the northwest, Gamou in the northeast, southeast and Gouré Damagaram Takaya in the West. The municipality is divided into 29 administrative villages, 31 traditional villages, hamlets eleven and a warehouse. The main town of the rural community is Moa, consisting of the administrative villages Moa Moa Bougagé and Haoussa.

The soils are predominantly sandy in Moa. The vegetation is dominated by the grass species Cenchrus biflorus and acacia trees. It often comes to bushfires.

History

The French colonial administration set up in the early 20th century, a canton in a Moa. In 1923, the canton was first dissolved, but was rebuilt shortly afterwards. 2002 emerged the rural community of Moa in the wake of a nationwide administrative reform from the canton of Moa. 2009 tried flooding damage, of which 1043 residents were directly affected. Moa was in addition to the regional capital of Zinder also the only municipality in the Zinder region, which was affected by the floods in West and Central Africa in 2010. 308 inhabitants were then classified as disaster victims. Since 2011 part of the rural community not to Mirriah Department, but for the newly established Department Damagaram Takaya.

Population

At the 2001 census Moa had 18,750 inhabitants. For the year 2010 25.457 inhabitants were calculated. The majority provide Kanuri, also Fulbe, Hausa and Tuareg living in the community. The Fulani subgroups Katchinanko'en, Oudah'en and Wodaabe and the Tuareg subgroup Ichiriffen specialize in remote pasture.

Economy and infrastructure

The municipality is located in a zone in which mainly Agropastoralismus is operated.