Administrative divisions of Niger
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Current administrative structure
Niger is divided into seven regions (French: régions; singular – région). Each region's capital is the same as its name. Additionally, the national capital, Niamey, comprises a capital district.
Regions of Niger
The regions are subdivided into
Restructuring
Prior to the devolution program in 1999–2006, these regions were styled departments. Confusingly, the next level down (arrondissements) were renamed departments.[7]
1992 division
Tillabéri department was created in 1992, when Niamey Region (then called "department") was split, with the area immediately outside Niamey renamed as the capital district.[8]
Historical evolution
Prior to independence, Niger was divided into sixteen cercles as second level administration divisions: Agadez, Birni N'Konni, Dogondoutchi, Dosso, Filingué, Gouré, Madaoua, Magaria, Maradi, N'Guigmi, Niamey, Tahoua, Téra, Tessaoua, Tillabéry, and Zinder. Their capitals had the same names as the cercle.
After independence, the 31 December 1961 Law of territorial organization created 31 circonscriptions. The 16 colonial cercles continued to exist, and served as a level of division above these circonscriptions. Four cercles (Dogondoutchi, Filingué, N'Guigmi, and Téra) had only one circonscription. The Law of August 14, 1964 then reorganized the country into seven departments, adopting the french second level administration naming system, in contrast to neighbor mali, which retained the colonial cercles and regions.
See also
- Regions of Niger
- Departments of Niger
- Communes of Niger
- List of FIPS region codes (M-O) for the department codes under the FIPS 10-4standard.
References
- ^ (in French) NIGER. Situation institutionnelle Archived 2008-11-26 at the Wayback Machine. Sory Baldé, CEAN, IEP-Université Montesquieu-Bordeaux IV.
- ^ http://www.communication-gouv-niger.ne/ Archived 2008-03-23 at the Wayback Machine Government communications office of Niger.
- ^ French Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Niger information Archived 2010-01-23 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ United States Library of Congress: Guide to Republic of Niger Law Online.
- ^ Loi 2001-23, Article 6
- FAO.
- ^ *Mbaye Mbengue FAYE, Faria Ibrahim GESTION DES DECHETS ISSUS DES SOINS DE SANTE (DISS):RAPPORT PROVISOIRE, World Bank, Niamey, December 2001.
- FONDS AFRICAIN DE DEVELOPPEMENT: ETUDE DE MOBILISATION DES EAUX DANS LA REGION DE MARADI NIGER[permanent dead link]. DEPARTEMENT AGRICULTURE ET DEVELOPPEMENT RURAL, OCAR. African Development Bank Group, March 2003
- ACCORD ÉTABLISSANT UNE PAIX DÉFINITIVE ENTRE LE GOUVERNEMENT DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE DU NIGER ET L?ORGANISATION DE LA RÉSISTANCE ARMÉE (O. R. A.)[permanent dead link]
- ^ According to Statsoid Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine: "~1992: Tillabéry Region/department split from Niamey (whose FIPS code was NG05 before the change). Status of Niamey changed from department to capital district."