Ibrohamane

Region

Ibohamane is a rural municipality in the department of Keita in Niger.

Geography

Ibohamane lies in the Sahel. The neighboring municipalities are Akoubounou in the north, Azèye in the east, in the southeast Tabotaki, Garhanga in the southwest and Keita in the West. The municipality is divided into 59 administrative villages, a traditional village and 29 hamlets. The main town of the country church is the administrative village Ibohamane.

In the fertile plateaus of Ibohamane that are used as pastures, Boscia senegalensis, Guiera senegalensis and Acacia laeta dominate the vegetation. The valleys where agriculture predominates the are marked by Bauhinia rufescens, Piliostigma reticulatum and Wüstendatteln. To the east of the country church is sandy plains extend.

History

According to tradition, the place name derives from a Ibohamane " Aboham " called forth sorghum cultivar that was grown in the valley long ago. The rural community Ibohamane emerged at a nationwide administrative reform a part of the canton Keita as an administrative unit in 2002.

Population

At the 2001 census Ibohamane had 61 018 inhabitants. For the year 2010 82.219 inhabitants were calculated. The majority provide Tuareg, Hausa and Fulani also live in the rural community.

Economy and infrastructure

Ibohamane is located at the junction of the zone of Agropastoralismus of the north to the zone of rain -fed agriculture of the South. In addition to agriculture, the livestock, the trade and the crafts are the main economic activities in the rural community.

There are three health centers (French: centers de santé intégrés ) and nine health houses (French: cases de santé ), the latter are insufficiently developed and the health facilities are distributed unevenly across the municipality. In education are 53 primary schools, two Islamic schools and two general-education secondary schools available. The middle schools are located in the main town and the administrative village Ibohamane Gadamata.