Mirriah
Region
Mirriah ( official spelling, even Miria, Miriah, Mirria and Myrriah ) is a town and the capital of the eponymous department Mirriah in Niger.
Geography
Mirriah located in the Sahel region, approximately 20 kilometers from the regional capital of Zinder. The neighboring municipalities are Mirriahs Gaffati the northwest, Zermou in the northeast, Hamdara in the east, Wacha in the southeast, southwest and Kolleram Gouna in the west. The municipality is divided into 44 traditional villages, 37 administrative villages, 17 hamlets and nine stock. Around Mirriah there are gardens with baobab trees, mango trees and vegetable patches. The Forêt d' classée Ilbaram is a 56 -acre protected nature woodland area in the municipality of Mirriah. The protected status was made in 1956.
History
The city's name comes from the Hausa language and means " voice".
Mirriah 1774 seat of an independent Sossébaki State under the ruler Bazaza year. The Hausa dynasty of Sossébaki led their centuries-old rule back to a prince from Bornu. Bazaza died in 1784 in the fight against his uncle. Then took Bazazas brother Ibel to 1817 the power in Mirriah that the large neighboring town of Zinder put under his reign, in the shade. His son and successor Mohamed Kosso but was defeated in 1821 by Sultan Sélimane dan Tintouma of Zinder and driven into exile to Sokoto. The Sultan appointed May Nassara, another son Ibels, the ruler of Mirriah. Mohamed Kosso succeeded once again return for a few months, but eventually his brother had to finally admit defeat, which until 1837 ruled as a vassal of the Sultan in Mirriah. Under Djibril dan Lafia, who was in power since 1897, was assigned as Canton Mirriah the French province of Zinder. The Sossébaki rulers officiate since the French colonial period as Canton chiefs and traditional village head ( chefs traditionnelles ) of Mirriah. The 18th ruler of Mirriah since Bazaza, the former parliamentary speaker Moutari Moussa, was elected in 2008.
In addition to its role as the traditional seat of power won Mirriah in the independent Republic of Niger importance as a regional administrative center. The capital of the arrondissement Zinder was moved in 1966 Mirriah and the district was renamed at the same time in Mirriah. From the district went Mirriah 1998, the Department Mirriah forth. Mirriah already received in 1988 along with nine other Nigerien places the status of an independent parish. Until then there had been the nation's twelve parishes.
Population
In the 1977 census Mirriah had 8420 inhabitants in the census in 1988 13,225 inhabitants in the 2001 census 18,783 inhabitants. For the year 2010 58.878 inhabitants were, by an increase in the municipal area is calculated. In Mirriah living members of specialized agriculture Hausa subgroup Sossébaki and the Hausa subgroup Magouzawa engaged in agriculture, Agropastoralismus and remote pasture, also members of the mainly remote pasture practicing Fulbe subgroup Bornanko'en and Tuareg subgroups Kanimatane and Ichiriffen.
Economy and infrastructure
Due to the clay-rich soil Mirriah is a center for pottery, which are produced by men and women. Every Sunday is market day. Mirriah 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 ) is available. The city lies on the N1 National Road, which connects to the west with Ayérou N'Guigmi in the east of the country.
Personalities
- Moutari Moussa (* 1948), politician