Mayahi

Region

Mayahi is a Municipality and the capital of the eponymous department Mayahi in Niger.

Geography

Mayahi lies in the Sahel. The neighboring municipalities are Tchaké in the north, El Allassane Maïreyrey in the northeast, Issawane in the east, Kanan - Bakaché the southeast, Aguie in the south, Sarkin Haoussa in the southwest and Attantané in the northwest. By Mayahi Wadi Goulbi N'Kaba runs. The urban area is divided into four districts, 51 administrative villages, a traditional village, 53 hamlets and 24 stock. The four districts are Mayahi Sabongari, Mayahi Sofoua, Mayahi Zongo and Quartier Administratif.

History

The place is named after its first ruler Mayahi. Before the arrival of the French at the turn of the 19th to 20th century Mayahi belonged to the independent state Gobir. The French administration set up in the early 20th century, a canton in a Mayahi, the 1924 resolution Canton Almoktar was connected.

Mayahi was next N'Guigmi the second city in Niger, the United Nations Capital Development Fund at the end of 2000 led a project to create a decentralized local government. The project included, among other things, monitoring elections and informal informal " shadow governments " to prepare for the establishment of functioning official municipal bodies. In 2002, the territory of the canton Mayahi on communities Mayahi and Attantané, guidan Amoumoune (including the administrative village Almoktar ) and Sarkin Haoussa was divided in the wake of a nationwide administrative reform.

Population

In the 1977 census Mayahi had 3292 inhabitants in the census in 1988 and 5723 inhabitants in the 2001 census 16,740 inhabitants. For 2010 91.242 inhabitants were, by an increase in the urban area, is calculated.

Economy and infrastructure

The city is located in a zone is operated in the rain-fed agriculture. Mayahi 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. In the city there is a local citizen radio (radio communautaire). By Mayahi the National Road 19, which leads from here to Tchadoua runs.

Personalities

• Boukary Sabo (* 1924), politician