Attantane

Region

Attantané is a rural municipality in the Department Mayahi in Niger.

Geography

Attantané lies in the Sahel. The neighboring municipalities are guidan Amoumoune the northwest, Tchaké in the northeast, Mayahi the southeast, Sarkin Haoussa in the southwest and Maïyara in the West. In the south of the Wadi Attantané Goulbi N'Kaba runs. The municipality is divided into 38 administrative villages, 102 villages and seven stock. The main town of the country church is the administrative village Attantané.

History

Before the arrival of the French at the turn of the 19th to 20th century Attantané part of the independent state Gobir. The rural community Attantané went out in 2002 as part of a nationwide administrative reform a part of the canton Mayahi.

Population

At the 2001 census Attantané had 47 732 inhabitants. For the year 2010 64.478 inhabitants were calculated. The population is made up primarily from the Hausa subgroups Gobirawa, Katchinawa, Daourawa, Kambarin baré - bari and Tagamawa, also live Tuareg and Fulani in the rural community. The most spoken language is Hausa.

Economy and infrastructure

The municipality is located in a zone is operated in the rain-fed agriculture. In Attantané there are also numerous pastures, but are getting smaller, which leads to conflict. In addition, are spreading not suitable on some willows as fodder plants. In the capital there is a health center was opened in 1998 (French: Centre de Santé Integré ). In 26 villages have primary schools. The adult illiteracy is widespread.