Kieche

Region

Kiéché (also: Kiesse ) is a rural municipality in the Department Dogondoutchi in Niger.

Geography

Kiéché lies in the large landscape and Sudan to the southeast to the neighboring state of Nigeria. The neighboring communities in Niger are Dan Kassari in the northeast, the southwest and Koré Maïroua Dogondoutchi in the northwest. The municipality is divided into 21 administrative villages, 107 traditional villages, hamlets twelve and a warehouse. The main town of the rural community is the administrative village Kiéché (also: Kiesse ).

History

The rural community Kiéché went forth as an administrative unit as part of a nationwide administrative reform in 2002 from the southern part of the canton Dogondoutchi.

Population

At the 2001 census Kiéché had 40 578 inhabitants. For the year 2010 54.343 inhabitants was calculated.

Policy

In the local elections in July 2004 Idi Issa Tondi ( PNDS - Tarayya ) was elected mayor.

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 Kiéché the National Road 1, which here is part of the international highway Dakar - N'Djamena - Highway runs.

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