Niger Arrondissements

Arrondissements of Niger

Niger is divided into seven départements (departments) and one communauté urbaine (capital district). These are further subdivided into the 36 arrondissements shown here.

Name	HASC
Aguié	`NE.MA.AG`
Arlit	`NE.AG.AR`
Bilma	`NE.AG.BL`
Bkonni	`NE.TH.BK`
Boboye	`NE.DS.BG`
Bouza	`NE.TH.BZ`
Dakoro	`NE.MA.DK`
Diffa	`NE.DF.DF`
Dogon-Doutchi	`NE.DS.DD`
Dosso	`NE.DS.DS`
Filingué	`NE.TL.FI`
Gaya	`NE.DS.GA`
Gouré	`NE.ZI.GO`
Groumdji	`NE.MA.GR`
Illéla	`NE.TH.IL`
Keita	`NE.TH.KE`
Kollo	`NE.TL.KO`
Loga	`NE.DS.LO`
Madaoua	`NE.TH.MD`
Madarounfa	`NE.MA.MF`
Magaria	`NE.ZI.MG`
Maïné-Soroa	`NE.DF.MS`
Matamey	`NE.ZI.MT`
Mayahi	`NE.MA.MY`
Mirria	`NE.ZI.MR`
N'Guigmi	`NE.DF.NG`
Niamey	`NE.NI.NI`
Ouallam	`NE.TL.OU`
Say	`NE.TL.SA`
Tahoua	`NE.TH.TH`
Tanout	`NE.ZI.TN`
Tchin-Tabaraden	`NE.TH.TT`
Tchirozérine	`NE.AG.AD`
Téra	`NE.TL.TR`
Tessaoua	`NE.MA.TS`
Tillabéry	`NE.TL.TL`
HASC: Hierarchical administrative subdivision codes. The middle two letters identify the department. For key, see "Administrative Subdivisions of Countries".

Change history:

1964-11-05: Law No. 64-039 created 32 arrondissements.
1969-04-10: Law No. 69-29 created Arlit arrondissement in Agadez department.
1972-02-17: Law No. 72-03 replaced Maradi arrondissement by Aguié, Guidan-Roumdji, and Madarounfa arrondissements in Maradi department.
~1992: Tillabéry department formed by taking all arrondissements except Niamey out of Niamey department.
~2002: Kollo arrondissement created in Tillabéry department. Name of Agadez arrondissement changed to Tchirozérine. Name of Birni N'Konni arrondissement changed to Bkonni. Name of Guidan-Roumdji arrondissement changed to Groumdji.

Birni N'Gaouré seems to be an alternate name for Boboye arrondissement.

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