Tibiri (Doutchi)

Region

Tibiri is a rural municipality and the capital of the eponymous department Tibiri in Niger.

Geography

Tibiri lies in the large landscape Sudan and to the east by the neighboring state of Nigeria. The neighboring communities in Niger are Koré Maïroua in the north, Douméga to the southeast, the southwest and Guéchémé Tombokoirey II in the West. The municipality is divided into 37 administrative villages, 88 villages and 31 hamlets traditional. The main town of the rural community is the administrative village Tibiri.

History

Tibiri was a province of Aréoua, the realm of Maouri, a subgroup of the Hausa. Alissina, the reigning from 1849 to 1861 and resided in Matankari ruler of Aréoua, went on raids by Tibiri. Tibiri called the neighboring kingdom of Kebbi to help and Alissina was jointly defeated and killed at the Battle of Tibiri and Kebbi. Beginning of the 20th century came Tibiri under French rule. The French taught a canton in Tibiri, the 1935 resolution Canton Douméga was connected. The rural community Tibiri went out in 2002 as part of a nationwide administrative reform from the Canton Tibiri whose territory was divided among the rural communities Tibiri, Douméga and Koré Maïroua. Since 2011, these rural communities are no longer part of the Department Dogondoutchi, but for the newly created Department Tibiri.

Population

At the 2001 census Tibiri had 54 582 inhabitants. For the year 2010 73.097 inhabitants was calculated.

Economy and infrastructure

The municipality is located in that narrow zone along the border with Nigeria, ranging from Tounouga in the west to the east Malawa and operated in irrigated crop production for cash crops. By Tibiri the National Road 3, which connects the village with the neighboring communities Guéchémé and Koré Maïroua runs.