Diffa Department

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Diffa is a department in the same region of Diffa in Niger.

Geography

The Department is located in the southeast of the country, bordering Nigeria. It consists of the Municipality of Diffa and the rural communities Chétimari and Gueskérou. The eponymous capital of the department is Diffa.

History

1964 was divided into seven administrative reform Niger departments, the predecessor of the later regions, and 32 arrondissements, the predecessor of the later departments. While all the other arrondissements declined to earlier territorial administrative units, the district Diffa was a complete foundation. Diffa received this from Maïné - Soroa the Canton Chétimari and slammed by N'Guigmi the Canton Komadougou. In 1998, the former arrondissements of Niger in departments were converted, 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 center Diffa and the cantons Bosso, Chétimari and Komadougou. 2011 Bosso was dissolved as a separate department from the department of Diffa. The 2013 appointed Prefect of Diffa is Saouna Inoussa.

Population

The Department of Diffa has 2012 155.211 inhabitants according to the census. In the 2001 census, before the dissolution of Bosso, there were 148 151 inhabitants, 76 276 inhabitants in the census in 1988 and in the census in 1977 58 877 inhabitants. The Department of Diffa is a main settlement area of ​​the Tubu in Niger. In Diffa live members of the Guézébida and Gounda: These are subgroups of TEDA, which in turn represent an addition to the Daza of two subgroups of the Tubu.