Aguie

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subdivision_typeCountry
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subdivision_type2Department
subdivision_name2Aguié
leader_title1
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established_title3
unit_pref
area_total_km21,177
area_land_km2
population_as_of2012 census
population_total152,788
population_density_km2auto
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coordinates
elevation_footnotes
elevation_m434
elevation_ft1427
postal_code_type
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Aguie (var. Aguié, Agyé) is a town and capital of the Aguie Department in southern Niger, 43 mi east of the nation's second largest city, Maradi.

Administrative structure

Aguié Commune is the seat of the Department of the same name, one of five-second level administrative subdivisions of the Maradi Region. Among the Commune subdivisions within the Department are the "Rural Communes" of Saé Saboua, Arnagou and Giratawa. Nearby villages include Dan Kiri, Dan Gao, Gamji Karama, Dan Rago, Doromawa, Guidan Tonio, and Guidan Kodao.

Population

A primarily Hausa populated region, it is bordered to the south by Katsina State, Nigeria. The 2012 population of Aguié Commune was 152,788. The Maradi Region is one of the most densely populated areas of Niger, home to 20 per cent of the country's population, mostly small farmers in rural settlements.

Transport

Aguié lies on the main east-west highway between Maradi and Zinder. It is also 30 mi north of the city of Katsina, Nigeria, in an area of much cross-border trade and population movement.For history of the Hausa border regions, see:

  • James Decalo. Historical Dictionary of Niger. Scarecrow Press/ Metuchen. NJ – London (1979)
  • Finn Fuglestad. A History of Niger: 1850–1960. Cambridge University Press (1983)

2005–06 Niger food crisis

Aguié Department was particularly hard hit in the 2005-06 Niger food crisis, and the town became a centre for aid efforts. International rural health and development projects have continued to be based there.

References

References

  2. [https://www.theguardian.com/gall/0,,1532450,00.html Photo essay on Niger Food Crisis:Help at hospital]. [[The Guardian. London Guardian]], 24 July 2005. Photo by: Schalk van Zuydam/AP.
  3. "Aguié (Commune, Niger) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location".
  4. See "Villagers and aid workers alike benefit from census project in Niger", [[IFAD]]/United Nations, August 2007.
  5. [http://www.friendsofniger.org/newsletters/Cex-mar02.html Friends of Niger] {{webarchive. link. (23 July 2008 , March 2002 newsletter.)
  6. [http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/news/2005/07-27-2005.cfm Barely Open, Already Full: Feeding Centers in Niger] {{webarchive. link. (8 September 2008 , [[Doctors Without Borders]]/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). 27 July 2005.
    [http://www.thegildersleeve.org/projectgrants/p_projects_view.asp?project_lookup=all&sort_year=yes Projects Funded] {{webarchive). link. (23 October 2007 , Virginia Gildersleeve International Fund, (nd).
    [http://www.undispatch.com/archives/2005/08/index.php Niger: Therapeutic milk is saving children’s lives] {{webarchive). link. (12 March 2008 , [[UNICEF]], Kent Page, AGUIE, Niger, 10 August 2005.
    [http://www.ifad.org/climate/perspectives/niger.htm Assisted regeneration programme helps trees grow in Niger] {{Webarchive). link. (17 April 2008 , [[IFAD]]/United Nations, November 2007.
    [http://www.ifad.org/french/operations/pa/ner/i597ne/index.htm Projet de promotion de l’initiative locale pour le développement à Aguié (PPILDA)] {{Webarchive). link. (17 April 2008 , [[IFAD]]/United Nations Project I-597-NE. 2007.
    [http://www.ifad.org/french/operations/pa/ner/i292ne/index.htm Projet de développement rural de la région d’Aguié (PDRAA)] {{Webarchive). link. (5 October 2007 , [[IFAD]]/United Nations Project I-292-NE. 1991.
    [http://www.prolinnova.net/Niger/paiip.php Establishment and evolution of partnership in PAIIP, Aguié Project, Niger], Guéro Chaibou, Adam Toudou and Alessandro Meschinelli: “Project to Support Farmer Initiatives and Innovations”, Prolinnova. March 2002.)

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