Droum

Region

Droum is a rural municipality in the Department Mirriah in Niger.

Geography

Droum lies in the Sahel. The neighboring municipalities are Tirmini in the north, Zinder in the east, Dogo in the south, southwest and Ichirnawa Doungou in the northwest. The municipality is divided into 76 administrative villages, 59 hamlets and seven stock. The main town of the rural community is Droum consisting of the administrative villages Droum Kahi and Droum Malori.

The Forêt de classée Droum is a 15 -acre protected nature woodland area in the municipality of Droum. The protected status was made in 1952.

History

The seat of power was his Droum Sultanate Zinder connected to 1820 by Sultan Sélimane dan Tintouma, which belonged to the kingdom of Bornu. 1899 France occupied the Sultanate of Zinder. The French colonial administration set up in the early 20th century, a canton in a Droum, the 1923 resolution Canton Mazoza and 1924 the resolution Canton Tonkour were connected. 2002 emerged the rural community Droum as part of a nationwide administrative reform from the Canton Droum.

Population

At the 2001 census Droum had 55 078 inhabitants. For the year 2010 74.782 inhabitants were calculated. In Droum members of the mainly Agropastoralismus operated Tuareg subgroups Iguimirdan, Mikitan and Tafazarak live.

Economy and infrastructure

The municipality is located in a zone is operated in the rain-fed agriculture.