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| Country |  Niger |
| Department | Abalak |
| Region | Tahoua |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (WAT) |
Tassara is a village and rural commune in Niger.[1]
Geography
Tassara rural commune lies at the junction of the Sahel and the Sahara, receiving just enough yearly rainfall to make seasonal nomadic pasturage possible.[2] The neighboring communes are Ingall to the northeast, Abalak to the southeast, Tchintabaraden to the southwest and Tillia to the northwest. The commune is subdivided into 19 administrative villages, four hamlets, 25 encampments (nomadic villages) and 27 wells.[3] The administrative center of is the village of Tassara, but the commune itself covers a large distance. The larger villages include Agawan, Ajmelli, Azanag, Tarassadet, and Louberat. Tassara commune forms the north of the wedge shaped Abalak Department, itself forming the east central section of the Tahoua Region. Tahoua Region comprises eight Departments, forming much of the Nigerien border with Mali, and stoping just short of the Algerian border in the north. [4] In the 2010 census, the entire commune's population was just 24,187, up from 17,952 in 2001.[5]
History and culture
The Rural Commune Tassara was created as an administrative unit in 2002 as part of a nationwide administrative reform and decentralization. At the local elections in July 2004 Mahamed Chérif (PNDS-Tarayya) was elected mayor [6] On 15 April 2010, the Council of Ministers appointed Mahamed Chérif administrator (Administrateur Délégué) from the town and Abdou Adamou to head the administrative post (chef de poste administratif) of Tassara.[7]
Every two years in October, Tassara and the neighboring village of Tillia host a gathering of local Arab pastoralists. Like the Tuareg Cure Salee of neighboring Ingall, the gathering marks the end of the rainy season pasturage. Herders gather their animals for the trek to southern grasslands where they will stay until returning with the rains in June.[8]
References
- ^ Loi n° 2002-014 du 11 JUIN 2002 portant création des communes et fixant le nom de leurs chefs-lieux. Includes list of 213 communes rurales and seats, 52 Communes urbaines and seats
- ^ Comprendre l'économie of ménages ruraux au Niger. Save the Children UK, London 2009 Online version]), p.8
- ^ Répertoire National des Communes (RENACOM). Website of the Institut National de la Statistique accessed on 22 January 2011.
- ^ Republic du Niger: Loi n° 2002-014 du 11 JUIN 2002 portant création des communes et fixant le nom de leurs chefs-lieux (Online-Version).
- ^ Institut Nationale de la Statistique du Niger: Annuaire statistique des cinquante ans d’indépendance du Niger. Niamey 2010 (Online Version), S. 56.
- ^ Maire du PNDS. Website of the PNDS-Tarayya accessed on 6 October 2012.
- ^ des ministres du-du niger,14333 Conseil des ministres du Niger of 15 April 2010. Temoust.org website, published on 16 April 2010 accessed on 6 October 2012.
- ^ 20REGION% 20PHARE.pdf Présentation de Tahoua, région de la phare sixième édition du SAFEM 2009. P. 6, site of SAFEM, retrieved on 5 March 2012.
External links
- la commune de Tassara - blog by town officials (2007 - 2011)
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