Téra Department

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Tera is a department in the region Tilabéri in Niger.

Geography

The Department is located in the southwest of the country and borders on Burkina Faso and Mali. It consists of the township Téra and the rural communities Diagourou, Gorouol, Kokorou and MEHANA. The eponymous capital of the department is Téra.

History

After independence in 1960, Niger's territory into 32 districts ( circonscriptions ) was divided. One of them was the district Téra. 1964 was divided into seven administrative reform Niger departments, the predecessor of the later regions, and 32 arrondissements, the predecessor of the later departments. As part of the district was Téra umbewandelt in the arrondissement Téra. In 1998, the former arrondissements of Niger were raised to departments, 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 center Téra and the cantons Téra, Dargol, Diagourou, Gorouol / Yatakala and Kokorou. 2011 have been extracted as a separate department from the Department Téra Bankilaré and Gothèye. The 2013 appointed Prefect of Téra is Alassane Salou Alpha.

Population

The Department has Téra 2012 337.433 inhabitants according to the census. In the 2001 census, before the dissolution of Bankilaré and Gothèye, there were 425 824 inhabitants in the census in 1988 294.939 inhabitants and in the census 1977 210 089 inhabitants.