Loga

Region

Loga is a town and the capital of the eponymous department Loga in Niger.

Geography

Loga is located at the junction of the Sahel to large landscape Sudan. The municipality is divided into four districts, 64 administrative villages, 95 traditional villages, eight hamlets, 15 bearings and a water point organized. The Neighborhoods hot Alfagaye, Fada, Tombo and Wanzam Kouara. The neighboring municipalities are Logas Kourfeye Centre and Tondikandia in the north, Soucoucoutane in the east, Falwel, mokko and Sokorbé in the south and Dantchandou and Tagazar in the West.

History

Loga was founded in 1800. France brought the populated from Zarma region through the establishment of several military posts in the years 1897 and 1898 largely under his control. In August 1899, February 1900 Zarma associations get surprise attacks on French troops in the village Sarkadié in Loga, which were hit hard. On May 16 and November 18, 1900 captured a French military expedition Sarkadié and Loga and destroyed both places. The population fled into the bush and returned only gradually. It was not until 1905, the order was again so far made ​​that a French administration could be introduced in Loga through the establishment of a canton. In the 1980s, the place for the strong there widespread drug abuse was notorious. The former head of state Seyni Kountché designated Loga therefore in a well-known saying as " Niger Jamaica ".

Population

In the 1988 census Loga had 3,876 inhabitants and in the 2001 census 5,427 inhabitants. For the year 2010 84.624 inhabitants were, by an increase in the municipal area is calculated.

Economy and infrastructure

The city is located in a zone is operated in the rain-fed agriculture. Of economic importance is also the labor migration abroad. Loga is the seat of the Tribunal d' Instance, one of the nation's 30 civil courts, which is below the ten civil courts of first instance (Tribunal de Grande Instance ) are. Through the municipal area run by the leading Dosso National Road 14 and leading by Dogondoutchi National Road 23