Wacha (Niger)

Region

Wacha (also: Ouacha ) is a rural municipality in the department of Magaria in Niger.

Geography

Wacha is located southeast of the regional capital of Zinder and is located at the junction of Great Landscape Sudan Sahel. The municipality is bordered to the north and west by the Department Mirriah, in the east on the community Gouchi and on the south by the municipality Dungass. The municipality is divided into 53 administrative villages, 39 traditional villages, 59 hamlets, 20 bearings and a water source. The main town of the rural community is the administrative village Wacha. Through the municipality runs the Wadi Korama.

History

Wacha in 1836, built by Djibril Dodo, the Sultan of Zinder had used as Sossébaki rulers as manor. The Hausa dynasty of Sossébaki led their existing rule for several centuries back to a prince from Bornu. Two other Sossébaki countries were in Mirriah and Takey. For reasons of age Djibril Dodo was replaced in 1864 by his son Mohammed as ruler of Wacha. Although Mohamed moved to Zinder in the war against Kano, but was deposed in 1878 by Sultan Ténimoun dan Sélimane. Depending on the will of the reigning Sultan of Zinder were subsequently each other alternately, sons Mohammed and Harouna Yacoubou the rulers of Wacha.

The rural community Wacha was founded in 2002 at a nationwide administrative reform from the Canton Ouacha forth.

Population

At the 2001 census Wacha had 48.020 inhabitants. For the year 2010 65.200 inhabitants were calculated. In Wacha members of the mainly agriculture based Hausa subgroup Sossébaki, which mainly operated Agropastoralismus Fulbe subgroup Daourawa and specialized in remote pasture Fulani subgroups Bornanko'en and Katchinanko'en live.