Gaffati

Region

Gaffati (also: Gafati ) is a rural municipality in the Department Mirriah in Niger.

Geography

Gaffati located in the Sahel region and is cut by an almost impassable hills. The neighboring municipalities are Dakoussa the northwest, Albarkaram in the north, Damagaram Takaya and Mazamni in the northeast, Zermou in the east, in the southeast Mirriah, Kolleram in the south and the capital region of Zinder in the south west. The municipality is divided into 52 administrative villages, 37 traditional villages, 37 hamlets and 24 stock. The main town of the rural community is the administrative village Gaffati.

History

The place Gaffati was founded as the seat of government from 1790 to 1799 incumbent village chiefs Daouda dan Ténimoun. Daouda is considered a member of the ruling dynasty of the Sultanate of Zinder, which, although not established until 1812 by dan Sélimane Tintouma, but his lineage leads back to a living in the 17th century pious man named Mallam. By 1899 Gaffati belonged to the kingdom of Bornu - from 1812 onwards in addition to the sultanate of Zinder, which was a part Bornus - and then came to France. The French colonial administration set up in the early 20th century, a canton in a Gaffati, the 1924 resolution Canton Gueza was connected. 2002 emerged the rural community Gaffati as part of a nationwide administrative reform from the Canton Gaffati. In 2008, 80 fields flooded by floods in the village administrative Angoual Zoulou and destroyed several houses. 745 villagers were classified as injured.

Population

At the 2001 census Gaffati had 30 733 inhabitants. For the year 2010 41.731 inhabitants were calculated. In Gaffati living members of the Hausa subgroup Magouzawa engaged in agriculture, Agropastoralismus and remote pasture.

Economy and infrastructure

In Gaffati there are 22 public elementary schools. In 2002, a small middle school was opened. In the villages in the north and east of the rural community, there are problems with the drinking water supply.

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