Kourni

Region

Kourni is a rural municipality in the Department Kantché in Niger.

Geography

Kourni lies in the large landscape Sudan. The neighboring municipalities are Tsaouni in the north, Matamèye in the northeast, Yaouri in the east, the south and Sassoumbroum Dan Barto in the West. The municipality is divided into 29 administrative villages, five traditional villages, 106 hamlets and two camps. The main town of the rural community is the administrative village Kourni (also: Kourni Koutchika ).

History

The rural community Kourni went out in 2002 as part of a nationwide administrative reform a part of the canton Kantché.

Population

At the 2001 census Kourni had 20,411 inhabitants. For the year 2010 27.713 inhabitants were calculated. In Kourni members of the mainly Agropastoralismus operated Fulbe subgroup Daourawa live.

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.