Aguie Department

Aguie is a 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 populated region, it is bordered to the south by Katsina State, Nigeria. This is following a partial UN funded development census of the region from 2005.Villagers and aid workers alike benefit from census project in Niger, IFAD/United Nations, August 2007. The Maradi Region is one of the most densely populated areas of Niger, home to 20 per cent of the country’s population, most of whom are small farmers in rural settlements.See "Villagers and aid workers alike benefit from census project in Niger", IFAD/United Nations, August 2007.

Transport Aguié lies on the main east-west highway between Maradi and Zinder.Friends of Niger , March 2002 newsletter. It is also north of the city of Katsina, Nigeria, in an area of much cross-border trade and population movement.For history of the Hausa border regions, see: James Decalo. Historical Dictionary of Niger. Scarecrow Press/ Metuchen. NJ - London (1979) Finn Fuglestad. A History of Niger: 1850-1960. Cambridge University Press (1983)

Communes

Aguie Tchadoua

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