N'Gourti

Region

N'Gourti ( official spelling, also Ngourti ) is a rural municipality and the capital of the eponymous department N'Gourti in Niger.

Geography

N'Gourti located in the southeast of the country in the northern Sahel and the Sahara desert. The average annual rainfall amount is less than five millimeters. In geological terms, there is the church in a the Quaternary era allocated area. The small, located in a valley garrison the Nigerien army is surrounded by high dunes. The municipality is divided into 23 administrative villages, a traditional village, hamlet 16, 21 warehouses and 118 water points. N'Gourti bordered to the east by the neighboring country Chad. The neighboring communities in Niger are Bilma, Dirkou and Fachi in the north, N'Guigmi the southeast, Kabléwa in the south, southwest and Tesker Foulatari in the west.

History

Establishing the location, there are several conflicting legends. The place name derives from the N'Gourti Kanuri word n'gurtu, which means " river horse" means. 1964 was divided into seven administrative reform Niger departments, the predecessor of the later regions, and 32 arrondissements, the predecessor of the later departments. N'Gourti was added to the newly created district N'Guigmi, but was given the status of an administrative post ( poste administratif ) within the territory of the arrondissement. Administrative posts were special territorial units one level below arrondissements that were regarded as a kind of precursor to a later conversion into a separate district. In 1998, the former arrondissements of Niger were converted into departments. The administrative posts of N'Gourti was removed in 2011 from the Department N'Guigmi and collected at the Department N'Gourti.

Population

In the drought of 1984, the population of the town grew by leaps and bounds. At the 2001 census N'Gourti had 21,045 inhabitants. For the year 2010 28.754 inhabitants were calculated. N'Gourti is a linguistic boundary for the two languages ​​of the ethnic group of the Tubu: north of the town Tedaga is spoken south of Dazaga. The second largest ethnic group, according to the Tubu, represent Arabs who settled in the mid- 19th century in the region, followed by Fulani. The Tubu, Arabs and Fulani of N'Gourti have predominantly a nomadic way of life. In addition, minorities of Hausa and Zarma live in the community.

Economy and infrastructure

Between the desert in the north and a narrow zone in the south where Agropastoralismus is operated, grazing is the predominant source of income. In N'Gourti is an important livestock market. On May 18, 2000 passed in the capital after Bankilaré and Tchintabaraden nation's third local citizens radio (radio communautaire) on its operation. Around 100 kilometers northwest of N'Gourti crude oil is produced since 2009.