Diagourou, Niger

Region

Diagourou is a rural municipality in the department of Tera in Niger.

Geography

Diagourou located in the southern Sahel and is bordered to the southwest by the neighboring country Burkina Faso. The neighboring communities in Niger are Dargol and Téra. The municipality is divided into 33 administrative villages, 28 traditional villages, 28 hamlets and two camps. The main town of the country church is Diagourou consisting of the administrative villages Tcharo Tchouroube Dibe, Tcharo Kurmube and Tcharo Tatori. The wild animal population in the municipal area has declined due to drought, human settlement and Wildererei. The predominant tree species are Acacia and Wüstendatteln.

History

Diagourou was founded in 1820 by members of the ethnic group of the Mossi under their leader Boubou. The Mossi had tried in Liptako set, but were pushed back towards the east as far as Téra. South of Téra now created their settlement Diagourou. As was Téra of Silanké, a subgroup of the Fulani, attacked, called Teras ruler Ama the Tuareg to help, but this was then going on anymore. To secure the borders of his kingdom, the ruler of Liptako undertook in 1860 two attacks on Diagourou. This could initially be repelled in alliance with Téra and the Tuareg. Abdoulaye, the ruler of Diagourou, launched an unsuccessful counterattack. Then Diagourou pulled together with Téra and a group of Tuareg against Liptako into the field. They were defeated. The ruler of Liptako had burnt down Diagourou and kill its inhabitants. The remnants of the army of Diagourou found under Smurf in Téra. There, however, they murdered Sidi, the nephew of Texas ruler Gabélinga, and fled before Gabélinga could react. The Mossi gave assurances of neutrality Dargols, sold together with the resurgent Tuareg Gabélinga and settled again in Diagourou. Gabélinga but managed to come back to power. 1878 Diagourou was destroyed again. But Gabélinga was murdered in 1885 and the Mossi under Abdoulaye could settle down permanently in 1890 Diagourou. 1899 reached the area of Diagourou as part of the newly created circle Sinder ( cercle de Sinder ) under French military administration. 1905 Diagourou was the new military territory of Niger ( Territoire Militaire du Niger ) connected. After a Tuareg uprising in 1916, France established a canton of the independent Fulani ( Peul canton of independents ), which was later converted into the Canton Diagourou. In a nationwide administrative reform in 2002 showed the rural community Diagourou from the Canton Diagourou.

Population

At the 2001 census Diagourou had 39,861 inhabitants. For the year 2010 52.765 inhabitants were calculated. Fulani represent the majority in the community, followed by Songhai and Gourmantché. The predominant dwellings are mud-brick houses and thatched huts.

Economy and infrastructure

The population lives mainly from agriculture and animal husbandry. In addition to millet and sorghum cowpea, peanuts, okra and sesame are grown. The livestock focuses mainly on cattle, sheep and goats. It often comes to food shortages. Local products are sold in Téra and beyond the state border in Titabé. The infrastructure in the education and health sector is underdeveloped. Electric lighting with solar energy is only available in the capital, otherwise outweigh kerosene lamp. In the remote rural community there are almost no radio or television reception.