Dalli, Tanout Explained
Official Name: | Dalli |
Other Name: | Dali |
Settlement Type: | town |
Pushpin Map: | Niger |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Niger |
Coordinates: | 14.5347°N 8.3714°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Niger |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Zinder |
Subdivision Type2: | Department |
Subdivision Name2: | Tanout |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Tanout Commune |
Unit Pref: | metric |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Total: | 423 |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Dalli (Dali) was a large town in the Zinder Region of Niger.[1] It is now mostly abandoned ruins as the Sahara and the Sahel continue to dry up.[2] census, the remaining inhabitants form three separate villages, one with 129 people (#22705), the second with 242 people (#22706),[3] and the third with 52 people (#22894).[4]
The 2010 drought was particularly severe in Dalli.[5]
Notes and References
- , United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- Kröpelin . Stefan . Stefan Kröpelin . 2008 . Climate-Driven Ecosystem Succession in the Sahara: The Past 6000 Years . Science . 320 . 5877 . 765–768 . 10.1126/science.1154913 . 18467583 . etal . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081003075610/http://www.old.uni-bayreuth.de/departments/geomorph/docs/Kroepelinetal_2008.pdf . 3 October 2008 . dmy .
- Web site: Répertoire National des Communes (RENACOM): Enregistrements 22701 à 22710. 2011. Institut National de la Statistique du Niger. https://web.archive.org/web/20121013060314/http://www.stat-niger.org/statistique/pages/renacom/renacomlist.php?start=22701 . 13 October 2012 . dead. dmy.
- Web site: Répertoire National des Communes (RENACOM): Enregistrements 22891 à 22900. 2011. Institut National de la Statistique du Niger. https://web.archive.org/web/20140606223630/http://www.stat-niger.org/statistique/pages/renacom/renacomlist.php?start=22891 . 6 June 2014 . dead. dmy.
- News: The New York Times . Famine Persists in Niger, but Denial Is Past . Adam . Nossiter . 4 May 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100508151831/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/04/world/africa/04niger.html . 8 May 2010 . live . dmy .