Timeline of Niamey explained

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Niamey, Niger.

20th century

• 1902
  • Village designated seat of administrative cercle of Djerma.
  • French school opens.
• 1922 - Administrative cercle of Niamey created.^[1]
• 1926 - Seat of French colonial Colonie du Niger relocated to Niamey from Zinder "in order to facilitate trade with other French colonies along the Niger River."
• 1931 - Jules Brevie Hospital established.
• 1932 - Catholic church built.
• 1937 - "Urban Development Plan" created.^[2]
• 1942 - Roman Catholic diocese of Niamey established.^[3]
• 1953
  • newspaper begins publication.
  • Archives Nationales du Niger headquartered in Niamey.^[4]
• 1956 - Djibo Bakary becomes mayor.^[5]
• 1958 - Radio Niger begins broadcasting.^[6]
• 1959

• • December: Musée National du Niger (museum) opens.
• 1960 - City becomes part of newly independent Republic of Niger.
• 1961 - newspaper begins publication.
• 1962
  • Lycée La Fontaine (school) established.
  • Population: 40,000 (estimate).^[7]
• 1964 - Télé Sahel (television) begins broadcasting.
• 1965
  • 13 April: President Diori attacked.
  • Centre Culturel Franco-Nigérien inaugurated.^[8]
• 1967 - Office of Radio and Television of Niger headquartered in Niamey.
• 1968 - Société des Mines de l'Air headquartered in city.
• 1970s - Grand Mosque of Niamey built.
• 1970
  • Kennedy Bridge opens.
  • Agence de Cooperation Culturelle et Technique headquartered in city.
• 1971 - Centre d'Enseignement Superieur (college) founded.
• 1972 - Airport opens.
• 1973
  • University of Niamey active.
  • Tillabéri-Niamey road constructed.
• 1974
  • and newspapers in publication.
  • Olympic FC de Niamey (football club) formed.
  • Telephone ministry headquarters built.
• 1977 - Population: 225,314.^[9]
• 1982
  • 30 March: Central Market burns down.
  • Niamey Literacy Center built.
  • American International School of Niamey built.
• 1984 - Urban development plan created.
• 1985 - Court of Appeals building constructed.
• 1986 - Niamey Grand Market built.^[10]
• 1988 - Population: 397,437.^[11]
• 1989
  • City becomes the "Niamey Urban Community," containing administrative Commune I, Commune II, and Commune III.
  • Stade Général-Seyni-Kountché (stadium) opens.
• 1990 - February: Student economic protest; crackdown.
• 1991 - Le Républicain newspaper begins publication.
• 1996
  • 27 January: 1996 Nigerien coup d'état occurs.
  • Sociéte Nigerienne de Transports de Voyageurs headquartered in city.
• 1997 - United Nations Economic Commission for Africa Subregional Development Centre for West Africa headquartered in Niamey.^[12]
• 1998 - Nigerien hip hop musical style develops in Niamey.
• 1999 - 9 April: President Maïnassara assassinated.

21st century

• 2001 - Population: 707,951.^[13]
• 2002
  • August: Military mutiny; crackdown.^[14]
  • Administration of Niamey Urban Community reorganized into Commune I, Commune II, Commune III, Commune IV, and Commune V.
• 2005 - 2005 Jeux de la Francophonie sport/cultural event held in Niamey.
• 2006
  • June: 2006 Abdou Moumouni University protests.
  • headquartered in city.
• 2007 - Dounia TV begins broadcasting.
• 2009 - Population: 943,055 (estimate).
• 2010
  • 18 February: 2010 Nigerien coup d'état occurs.
  • August: 2010 West African floods.
• 2011
  • Oumarou Dogari Moumouni becomes mayor of the Niamey Urban Community.
  • Kandadji Dam construction begins 180 km from Niamey; when completed will increase city power supply.
• 2012
  • August: Flood.
  • Population: 1,026,848.^[15]
• 2013
  • United States military drone base begins operating at airport.
  • December: Economic protest.
  • Assane Seydou becomes mayor of the Niamey Urban Community.
• 2014 - Niamey railway station opens.
• 2015 - 17–18 January: Protest against Parisian satirical publication Charlie Hebdo issue No. 1178.^[16]
• 2017 - August: Flood.
• 2021 - Coup attempt.
• 2023 - Coup.

See also

• Niamey history (de)

References

This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia and German Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

• Book: Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century African History . Paul Tiyambe Zeleza . Paul Tiyambe Zeleza . Dickson Eyoh . Routledge . 978-0415234795 . 2003 . Niamey, Niger.
• Book: Encyclopedia of Africa . Henry Louis Gates . Kwame Anthony Appiah . Oxford University Press . https://books.google.com/books?id=A0XNvklcqbwC . 2010 . 9780195337709 . Niamey, Niger. Elizabeth Heath . .
• Book: Roman A. Cybriwsky . Capital Cities around the World: An Encyclopedia of Geography, History, and Culture . ABC-CLIO. 978-1-61069-248-9 . https://books.google.com/books?id=qb6NAQAAQBAJ . 2013. Niamey . 211 . .
• . 20 . 2841–2859 . 20 . 10.5194/hess-20-2841-2016 . Model-based study of the role of rainfall and land use–land cover in the changes in the occurrence and intensity of Niger red floods in Niamey between 1953 and 2012 . Claire Casse . etal . 2016 . . 2016HESS...20.2841C . free .

in French

• Book: Emmanuel Gegroire . Réseaux de pouvoir et contrôle urbain: l'exemple d'une ville moyenne au Niger, Maradi . Pouvoirs et cités d'Afrique noire: Décentralisations en questions . https://books.google.com/books?id=01UH6yVH9MwC . Sylvy Jaglin . Alain Dubresson . Paris . . fr . 1993. 9782865374557 .
• Typologie de l'espace urbain sahélien, le cas de la ville de Niamey . Jean-Pierre Jambes . . 49 . . fr . 1996.
• Kokou Henri Motcho . La réforme communale de la communauté urbaine de Niamey (Niger) . Community restructuring within the Niamey urban area . . 92 . Persee . fr . 2004. .
• Book: A. Bontianti . etal . Gestion des déchets à Niamey . Paris . . Études africaines . 9782296064836 . fr . 2008 .
• Hamadou Issaka . Dominique Badariotti . Les inondations à Niamey, enjeux autour d'un phénomène complexe . Floods in Niamey . . 66 . 295–310 . 263 . 10.4000/com.6900 . fr . . 2013. free .

External links

• Web site: (Niamey) . . UK . (Bibliography of open access articles)
• Web site: (Niamey) . . (Images, etc.)
• Web site: (Niamey) . . (Images, etc.)
• Web site: (Niamey) . . . 15 January 2019 . Germany . (Bibliography)
• Web site: (Niamey) . Connecting-Africa . . Leiden, Netherlands . (Bibliography)
• Web site: (Niamey) . . (Bibliography)
• Web site: (Niamey) . . Christian Zimmermann . Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis . St. Louis, US . (Bibliography)
• Index to scientific research related to Niamey, via Institut de recherche pour le développement of France, Centre de documentation de Niamey
• Web site: Niamey, Niger . . 22 October 2014 . US .

Notes and References

1. Book: Abdourahmane Idrissa . Samuel Decalo . Historical Dictionary of Niger. 2012 . 4th . . 978-0-8108-7090-1.
2. Book: Ambe Njoh . Planning Power: Town Planning and Social Control in Colonial Africa. 2007. University College London . 978-1-135-39160-7.
3. Web site: Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Niger . . Norway . 10 July 2017 .
4. Book: Marcel Lajeunesse . Les Bibliothèques nationales de la francophonie . . fr . 401164333 . 3rd . 2008 .
5. Book: Henry Louis Gates, Jr.. Emmanuel K. Akyeampong. Emmanuel K. Akyeampong. Dictionary of African Biography. 2012. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-538207-5.
6. Book: Africa South of the Sahara 2003 . Regional Surveys of the World . . 2003 . 0065-3896 . Niger: Directory . 9781857431315 . https://books.google.com/books?id=1KBP7QbalX0C .
7. Book: https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/1960_round.htm . Demographic Yearbook 1965 . 1966 . . New York . Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants . 140–161 .
8. Web site: Fonctionnement . Ccfnjeanrouch.org . fr . 10 July 2017 .
9. Book: https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/1990_round.htm . 1995 Demographic Yearbook . 1997 . United Nations Department for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis, Statistics Division . New York . Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants . 262–321 .
10. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20060227003109/http://archnet.org/library/places/one-place.tcl?place_id=1976 . Niger: Niamey . . 27 February 2006 . dead .
11. Web site: Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants . Demographic Yearbook 2000 . United Nations Statistics Division .
12. Web site: Open Yearbook . Brussels . . . 10 July 2017 .
13. Web site: Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants . Demographic Yearbook 2010 . United Nations Statistics Division . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120710195658/https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2009-2010/Table08.pdf . 2012-07-10 .
14. News: Niger Profile: Timeline . 10 July 2017 . . 28 June 2011 .
15. Web site: Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants . Demographic Yearbook 2015 . 2016 . United Nations Statistics Division .
16. News: Five killed in second day of Charlie Hebdo protests in Niger. Reuters. 18 January 2015.