Dungass

Region

Dungass (also: Doungass ) is a rural municipality and the capital of the eponymous department Dungass in Niger.

Geography

Dungass located in the large landscape Sudan and is located in the center of the department. The municipality is bordered to the north by the municipality Wacha, in the north- east on the community Gouchi, in the east on the community Malawa, in the south on the community Dogo Dogo, in the southwest on the community Dantchiao, in the west on the community Bandé and to the northwest with a small border section to the Department Mirriah. The municipality is divided into 93 administrative villages, 101 traditional villages, 61 hamlets, 49 bearings and a water source. The main town of the rural community is the administrative village Dungass. Through the municipality runs the Wadi Korama.

History

Takey, now an administrative village in the municipality of Dungass, early 19th Century was next Mirriah Wacha and the seat of a Sossébaki State. The Hausa dynasty of Sossébaki led their centuries-old rule back to a prince from Bornu. 1841 died Barara Dam, the first ruler in Takey who had yet retain a degree of independence from the Sultan of Zinder can. The successor Dam Bararas were 1841-1846 Kamajé, 1846-1851 Zaneydou and 1851 Mayaki. The latter two could only act as governor of the Sultan of Zinder.

Mayaki founded the village Dungass and gave Takey as manor on. From 1882 to 1887 Mayaki was replaced by Sultan Ténimoun dan Sélimane of Zinder by Mayakis son Abdou, but could then regain his reign and until his death in 1894 ruled in Dungass. His successor was Ousmane, another son Mayakis. Ousmane was arrested in 1906 by the British in Kano and sent into exile. It was then with a third son Mohamed Mayakis rulers in Dungass.

In Dungass an administrative post in 1988 ( post administratif ) set up, one from a chef de poste administratif headed lower administrative unit. The rural community Dungass was founded in 2002 at a nationwide administrative reform from the Canton Dungass forth. The administrative posts was removed in 2011 from the Department Magaria and collected at the Department Dungass.

Population

At the 2001 census Dungass had 71 621 inhabitants. For the year 2010 97.247 inhabitants were calculated. In Dungass members of the mainly agriculture based Hausa subgroup Sossébaki, which mainly operated Agropastoralismus Fulbe subgroup Daourawa and specialized in remote pasture Fulani subgroups Bornanko'en and Katchinanko'en live.

Economy and infrastructure

The municipality is located in that narrow zone along the border with Nigeria, ranging from Tounouga in the west to the east Malawa and operated in irrigated crop production for cash crops. By Dungass the National Road 13, which connects the village with the neighboring communities Dantchiao and Dogo Dogo runs.