Dosso Department

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

Geography

The Department is located in the southwest of the country, bordering Benin. It consists of the Municipality of Dosso and the rural communities Farey, Garankédey, Gollé, Goroubankassam, Karguibangou, mokko, Sambéra, Tessa, Tombokoirey I and II Tombokoirey The eponymous capital of the department is Dosso.

History

The Department Dosso goes back historically to the circle Dosso ( cercle de Dosso ), which was established in 1907 by the French military administration and originally included the territory of the present departments of Gaya and Say. After independence in 1960, Niger's territory into 32 districts ( circonscriptions ) was divided. One of them was the district Dosso. 1964 was divided into seven administrative reform Niger departments, the predecessor of the later regions, and 32 arrondissements, the predecessor of the later departments. As part of the district Dosso was converted to the district Dosso. Moutari Moussa, later president of the National Assembly, presided from 1977 to 1978 as a sub- prefect of the arrondissement. The late Prime Minister Brigi Rafini was from August 1984 to September 1986 Sub-Prefect of Dosso. 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 and the Canton Dosso Dosso. The 2013 appointed Prefect of Dosso is Garba Elhadji Issoufou.

Population

The Department has Dosso 2012 495.328 inhabitants according to the census. At the 2001 census, there were 353 950 inhabitants in the census 1988 245 784 inhabitants and in the census 1977 163 365 inhabitants.