Tchirozerine Department

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Tchirozérine is a department in the Agadez Region in Niger.

Geography

The Department is located in the center of the country. It consists of the municipalities of Agadez and Tchirozérine and the rural communities Dabaga and Tabelot. The eponymous capital of the department is Tchirozérine.

History

The territory of the department Tchirozérine originally belonged to 1964 created Arrondissement Agadez, which consists of a district ( circonscription ) emerged the same name in the Aïr region. The area of ​​the arrondissements of Agadez in 1969 divided between the arrondissements Tchirozérine and Arlit. In 1998, the former arrondissements of Niger in departments were converted, each headed by an appointed Council of Ministers is prefect. The structure of the department in communities exists since the year 2002. Previously, it consisted of the urban centers Agadez and Tchirozérine and a rest zone. In 2011, Aderbissinat and Ingall removed as a separate department from the Department Tchirozérine. The 2013 appointed Prefect of Tchirozérine is Mahamane Abou.

Population

The Department has Tchirozérine 2012 241.007 inhabitants according to the census. In the 2001 census, before the dissolution of Aderbissinat and Ingall, there were 206 389 inhabitants in the census 1988 128 372 inhabitants and 92 140 inhabitants in the census in 1977.