Aguie

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Aguié Aguie, Agyé, Agye
Aguié Location of Aguié
Coordinates: 13°50′81″N 7°77′72″E / 13.85583, 8.30333
Country	Niger
Department	Maradi
Arrondissement	Aguié
Elevation	434 m (1,427 ft)
Population (2007 estimate)
- Total	270,00
	Aguié Arrondissement

Aguie (var. Aguié, Agyé) is a town and capital of the Aguie Department in southern Niger, 43 miles ^[1] east of the nation's second largest city, Maradi.

Contents 1 Administrative structure 2 Population 3 Transport 4 2005-06 Niger food crisis 5 References

[edit] Administrative structure

Aguié Commune is the seat of the Arrondissement of the same name, one of five second level administrative subdivisions of the Maradi Department. Among the Commune subdivisions within the Arrondissement 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.

[edit] Population

A primarially Hausa populated region, it is bordered to the south by Katsina State, Nigeria. The 2007 estimated population of Aguié Arrondissement was 270,000.^[2] The Maradi Department 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.^[3]

[edit] Transport

Aguié lies on the main east-west highway between Maradi and Zinder.^[4] It is also 30 miles north of the city of Katsina, Nigeria, in an area of much cross-border trade and population movement.^[5]

[edit] 2005-06 Niger food crisis

Aguié Arrondissement was particualarly hard hit in the 2005-06 Niger food crisis, and the town became a center for aid efforts. International rural health and development projects have continued to be based there.^[6]

[edit] References

• Aguie: FallingRain.com.