Zarmaganda

Ouallam or the Zarmaganda , is one of the 35 departments which account the administrative sudivision of the Niger.

Geography

Located in the area of Tillaberi between the latitudes 14° and 16 ° Nord and longitudes 1°62 and 2°66 Is. It covers a surface of 22.132 km2. it is limited to the south by the department of Kolo, in north by the republic of the Mali, the west by the Tillaberi department and in the east by the department filingue.

subdivions

The department of Ouallam counts three cantons (Simiri, Oualam, and Tondikiwindi), a adnimistratif station (Banibandou), and 234 villages.

Population

Oualam counts 281.821 inhabitants in 2001, primarily Zarmas and some tribes Touareg.

Culture

Zarmaganda (Cradle of Zarmas), as its etymology in opposition to the surfaces of extension of these people indicates it, this area was the space support of the first installations of the Zarmas groups come from Mali, of XVe at the 16th century. It is there that is the tomb of Mali Bero the ancestor éponyme of Zarmas, whose Mythe of the Daba (secco flying) points out the flying carpet of the Prophète Solomon.

Economy

The area underwent a food serious attack during the trentes last years, which had with the Sécheresse of the the Sahel.

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