Hamdallaye (Niger)
Region
Hamdallaye is a rural municipality in the department of co-location in Niger.
Geography
Hamdallaye located in the Sahel region and is a north-eastern suburb of the Nigerien capital Niamey. The other neighboring communities Hamdallayes are Karma in the northwest, Simiri in the north, Tagazar in the northeast, southeast, and Dantchandou in Kouré, Liboré and N'Dounga in the south. The municipality is divided into 46 administrative villages, four traditional villages, 35 hamlets and six storage. The main town of the rural community is the administrative village Hamdallaye.
The average annual rainfall is around 435 millimeters in Hamdallaye at 31-37 days of rain per year. The vegetation is dominated by tiger bush. In the herb layer Andropogon, Aristida, love grasses and Tagblumen grow. The dominant shrubs are the wings seed plants Combretum micranthum, Combretum nigricans and Guiera senegalensis. Typical tree species are Acacia nilotica, Ana trees, Filmblättrige jujubes and Wüstendatteln, in the valleys also Ethiopian Palmyra palm trees, doum palms, eucalyptus, guava and mango. The tree inventory is realized because of the strong use as firewood and timber on the wane.
History
The place name Hamdallaye derived from the Arabic phrase Alhamdulillah. The traditional seat of power (French: chefferie ) the Zarma in Hamdallaye middle of the 17th century was created. The French colonial administration set up in the first third of the 20th century, a canton in Hamdallaye and loosened the place so out of the sphere of influence of the neighboring village chefferie N'Dounga. The rural community Hamdallaye went out in 2002 as part of a nationwide administrative reform from the Canton Hamdallaye.
Population
At the 2001 census Hamdallaye had 40.110 inhabitants. For the year 2010 56.022 inhabitants were calculated. The majority provide Zarma, Fulani also, Bella, Hausa and Gourmantché live in the rural community.
Economy and infrastructure
The municipality is located in a zone is operated in the rain-fed agriculture. For self-sufficiency millet and sorghum are grown. It is also common to the cultivation of cowpeas, peanuts, pumpkins, okra, sesame seeds and onions. In the vicinity of water bodies thrive fruit trees. The extensive nature of agriculture suffers inter alia, insufficient and irregular rainfall, soil degradation and outdated equipment. The most common after the agriculture economic activity in Hamdallaye is the livestock industry, which extends to cattle, camels, donkeys, horses, sheep, goats and poultry. The sedentary livestock is a domain of women. In the transhumant livestock farmers take grazing areas in the north - in Ouallam, Filingue and Mali - and on the south of the river Niger to complete. One of the biggest problems include lack of food and animal diseases.
More than one-eighth of the population are migrant workers who spend annually two to three months in the capital Niamey and in other countries. Due to the poverty of the population and the remoteness of the rural community trade is underdeveloped. There are eight weekly markets in Hamdallaye. The artisanal activities of women, such as weaving and millinery, are mainly affected by material shortages and competition from imported products.
More than half of the classrooms of the 49 public elementary schools in the rural community are simple straw huts. In the capital there is a Health Centre (French: Centre de Santé Integré ) and a drug depot. The number and skills of the medical staff are insufficient. By Hamdallaye the National Road 25, which runs from Niamey until after Tébaram in the department of Tahoua runs.