Aguie (var. Aguié, Agyé) is a town and capital of the

Aguie Department Aguie is a Departments of Niger, department of the Maradi Region in Niger. Its capital lies at the city of Aguie. Population As of 2012, the department had a total population of 245,996 people. A primarily Hausa people, Hausa populated region, ...

in southern

Niger Niger, officially the Republic of the Niger, is a landlocked country in West Africa. It is a unitary state Geography of Niger#Political geography, bordered by Libya to the Libya–Niger border, north-east, Chad to the Chad–Niger border, east ...

, 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 The Region of Maradi is one of seven Regions of Niger, regions of Niger. It is located in south-central Niger, east of the Region of Tahoua Region, Tahoua, west of Zinder Region, Zinder, and north of the Nigerian city of Katsina. The administrat ...

. 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 Hausa may refer to: * Hausa people, an ethnic group of West Africa * Hausa language, spoken in West Africa * Hausa Kingdoms, a historical collection of Hausa city-states * Hausa (horse) or Dongola horse, an African breed of riding horse See also ...

populated region, it is bordered to the south by

Katsina State Katsina State ( ; 𞤤𞤫𞤴𞤣𞤭 𞤳𞤢𞥁𞤭𞤲𞤢) is a state in the northwestern geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It is bordered to the west by Zamfara State, to the east by Kano and Jigawa states, and to the south by Kaduna St ...

, 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 Zinder (locally, ''Damagaram''), formerly also spelled Sinder, is the third largest city in Niger, with a population of 235,605 as by the 2012 census. It is situated east of the capital Niamey and north of the Nigerian city of Kano. History ...

. It is also north of the city of

Katsina Katsina State ( ; 𞤤𞤫𞤴𞤣𞤭 𞤳𞤢𞥁𞤭𞤲𞤢) is a state in the northwestern geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It is bordered to the west by Zamfara State, to the east by Kano and Jigawa states, and to the south by Kaduna St ...

, Nigeria, in an area of much cross-border trade and population movement.

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. Barely Open, Already Full: Feeding Centers in Niger
,

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/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). 27 July 2005.
Projects Funded
, Virginia Gildersleeve International Fund, (nd).
Niger: Therapeutic milk is saving children’s lives
,

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, Kent Page, AGUIE, Niger, 10 August 2005.
Assisted regeneration programme helps trees grow in Niger
,

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/United Nations, November 2007.
Projet de promotion de l’initiative locale pour le développement à Aguié (PPILDA)
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/United Nations Project I-597-NE. 2007.
Projet de développement rural de la région d’Aguié (PDRAA)
,

/United Nations Project I-292-NE. 1991.
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.

References

{{Communes of Niger Communes of Maradi Region