Karakara

Region

Caracara (also: Kara Kara ) is a rural municipality in the Department Dioundiou in Niger.

Geography

Caracara is the major landscape and Sudan to the southeast to the neighboring state of Nigeria. The neighboring communities in Niger are Guéchémé in the northeast, Dioundiou in the south, southwest and Karguibangou Zabori in the northwest. The municipality is divided into 37 administrative villages, 52 traditional villages, a hamlet and a warehouse. The main town of the rural community is the administrative village Caracara.

History

Caracara was founded in the 19th century by Hausa, who were, according to tradition migrated from Bornu. The place surrendered to March 18, 1899, the French mission Voulet - Chanoine. The French taught in the early 20th century, a canton in Caracara. As part of a nationwide administrative reform in 2002 showed the rural municipality in the canton of Caracara Caracara. Since 2011, the rural community is no longer part of the Department Gaya, but the newly created Department Dioundiou.

Population

At the 2001 census Karakara had 31 511 inhabitants. For the year 2010 42.268 inhabitants were calculated.

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. In Caracara there are several weekly markets. Market day is Friday in the capital of Caracara and the administrative village Yeldou, Thursday in the administrative village Massama. By Karakara the National Road 2, which connects the town among other Koré Maïroua and Farey runs.

Sister City

Since 2007, with Mol in Belgium is twinned.