Kwaya (Niger)

Region

Kwaya is a rural municipality in the department of Magaria in Niger.

Geography

History

The rural community Kwaya went out in 2002 as part of a nationwide administrative reform from the northern part of the canton Magaria.

Population

At the 2001 census Kwaya had 15.198 inhabitants. For the year 2010 20.635 inhabitants were calculated. In Kwaya farming life be operated Hausa and Fulani on Agropastoralismus specialized.

Economy and infrastructure

The agriculture comprises mainly millet and sorghum. In passing through the rural community of valley among other cabbage, sugar cane and onions are grown. However, this can the personal use of the population not covered. The few cattle pastures, which are increasingly smaller due to rampant Sandmalven, are due to overgrazing of poor quality. In several villages there are beekeepers. About 60 percent of the working age population are forced for economic reasons regularly for seasonal labor migration.