Tondikiwindi

Region

Tondikiwindi (also: Tondi Kiwindi, Tondikwindi ) is a rural municipality in the department of Ouallam in Niger.

Geography

Tondikiwindi lying northeast of the regional capital Tilabéri in the southern Sahel and is bordered to the north by the neighboring country of Mali. The neighboring communities in Niger are Banibangou and Dingazi in the east, the south and Ouallam Anzourou, Gothèye and Inatès in the West. The municipality is divided into 78 administrative villages, 32 traditional villages, 153 hamlets and a warehouse. The main town of the rural community is the administrative village Tondikiwindi.

History

Tondikiwindi was founded in the 19th century by Kallé, a subgroup of the Zarma, who created several settlements in the region. The French colonial administration set up in the early 20th century, a canton in Tondikiwindi and recognized the local rulers Koureïzé Aliou as Canton boss. In a nationwide administrative reform in 2002, the rural communities Tondikiwindi and Banibangou emerged out of the former Canton Tondikiwindi. The hunger crisis in Niger in 2005 Tondikiwindi was one of the most affected places. Here the population had less than one meal a day.

Population

At the 2001 census Tondikiwindi had 77 272 inhabitants. For the year 2010 102.252 inhabitants were calculated.

99 % of the population of Tondikiwindi were classified in a study of the French NGO ACTED as poor or very poor 2011. More than 66 % of the population had no access to latrines in the vicinity.

Economy and infrastructure

The community is located at the junction of the zone of Agropastoralismus of the South to the zone of pure pastoral economy of the North. By Tondikiwindi the National Road 24, which connects the village with the Nigerien capital Niamey runs.