Kollo Department

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Kollo is a department in the region Tilabéri in Niger.

Geography

The Department is located in the southwest of the country, bordering Niamey, the capital of Niger. It consists of the township Kollo and the rural communities Bitinkodji, Dantchandou, Hamdallaye, Karma, Kirtachi, Kouré, Liboré, N'Dounga, Namaro and Youri. The eponymous capital of the department is Kollo.

History

An administrative reform divided Niger in 1964 in seven departments, the predecessor of the later regions, and 32 arrondissements, the predecessor of the later departments. The area of Kollo was doing slammed together with the urban area of ​​Niamey Niamey the arrondissement, which to a district ( circonscription ) returns the same name. In 1980, the city of Niamey was detached from the district and renamed the remaining area in Arrondissement Kollo. The relocation of the government in the new capital of Kollo coordinated later prime minister Mahamadou Danda. In 1998, the former arrondissements of Niger in departments were converted, each headed by an appointed Council of Ministers is prefect. The structure of the department in communities exists since the year 2002. Previously, it consisted of the urban center co-location and the cantons N'Dounga, Fakara, Hamdallaye, Karma, Kirtachi, Kouré, Lamordé, Liboré and Namaro. The 2013 appointed Prefect of Kollo is Moussa Idé.

Population

The Department has Kollo 2012 465.303 inhabitants according to the census. At the 2001 census, there were 325 706 inhabitants in the census 1988 231 029 inhabitants and in the census 1977 131 145 inhabitants.