Sarkin Yamma

Region

Sarkin Yamma is a rural municipality in the Department Madarounfa in Niger. Alternative spellings are Sarki Yama, Yama Serkin, Serkin Yamma and Serki Yama.

Geography

Sarkin Yamma is the major landscape Sudan. The neighboring municipalities are Tibiri the northwest, Maradi in the east and in the south Safo. The municipality is divided into 26 administrative villages, 29 hamlets and eight bearings. The main town of the country church is Sarkin Yamma, consisting of the administrative villages Serkin Yamma Yama Saboua and Serkin Sofoua.

The average annual rainfall is 487 millimeters in Sarkin Yamma, the number of rainy days per year an average of 34 ( measurement period 1995-2006).

History

The French colonial administration set up in 1944 a canton in Sarkin Yamma one. 2002 emerged the rural community of Sarkin Yamma as part of a nationwide administrative reform from the canton of Sarkin Yamma.

Population

At the 2001 census Sarkin Yamma had 24.970 inhabitants. For the year 2010 33.742 inhabitants were calculated.

Economy and infrastructure

The municipality is located in a zone is operated in the rain-fed agriculture.