Ollelewa

Region

Olléléwa (also: Olléléoua ) is a rural municipality in the department of Tanout in Niger.

Geography

Olléléwa lies in the Sahel. The neighboring municipalities are Gangara the northwest, Tanout in the northeast, WAME in the east, in the southeast Dakoussa, Tirmini in the south and Falenko in the southwest. The municipality is divided into 89 administrative villages, 64 traditional villages, 213 hamlets, a warehouse and a water source. The main town of the country church is the administrative village Olléléwa.

History

In Olléléwa a traditional seat of power is located (French: chefferie traditionnal ) of the Tuareg, which dates back to the 17th century, when settled here Tuareg from the Aïr. The boss of Olléléwa is subordinate to the Sultan of Zinder. The German explorer Heinrich Barth entered the place on 6 January 1851. Olléléwa The rural community was as an administrative unit in 2002 as part of a nationwide administrative reform from the Canton Olléléwa forth.

Population

At the 2001 census Olléléwa had 75 003 inhabitants. For the year 2010 101.833 inhabitants were calculated. In Olléléwa relatives living of the ethnic groups of the Tuareg, Hausa and Fulani. The Hausa subgroup Damagarawa operates mainly agriculture. The Fulbe subgroup Tchilanko'en specializes in Agropastoralismus. Especially remote pasture practice the Fulani subgroups Katchinanko'en, Oudah'en and Wodaabe and the Tuareg subgroups Imouzgou and Iwillimiden. Finally, still living members of the Tuareg subgroups Albourdatan and araban in the rural community, whose main livelihood of the caravan trade.

Economy and infrastructure

Olléléwa is recorded in the early warning system for food crises in a medium hazard level, however, is in a crisis situation - similar to the neighboring community Tirmini - due to its links to the national road 1 an important starting point of aid distribution measures. Olléléwa is also connected via the National Road 11 to the regional capital Agadez in the north. 2008 President Tandja Mamadou laid the foundation for an oil refinery, which is intended for processing funded by the China National Petroleum Corporation in Agadem oil.