Timeline of Niamey

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

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

20th century

• 1902
  • Village designated seat of administrative cercle of Djerma.^[1]
  • French school opens.^[1]
• 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."^[2]
• 1931 - Jules Brevie Hospital established.^[1]
• 1932 - Catholic church built.^[1]
• 1937 - "Urban Development Plan" created.^[3]
• 1942 - Roman Catholic diocese of Niamey established.^[4]
• 1953
  • Le Niger [de] newspaper begins publication.^[1]
  • Archives Nationales du Niger headquartered in Niamey.^[5]
• 1956 - Djibo Bakary becomes mayor.^[6]
• 1958 - Radio Niger begins broadcasting.^[7]
• 1959
  • December: Musée National du Niger (museum) opens.^[1]
• 1960 - City becomes part of newly independent Republic of Niger.
• 1961 - Le Temps du Niger [de] newspaper begins publication.^[1]
• 1962
  • Lycée La Fontaine (school) established.
  • Population: 40,000 (estimate).^[8]
• 1964 - Télé Sahel (television) begins broadcasting.
• 1965
  • 13 April: President Diori attacked.^[1]
  • Centre Culturel Franco-Nigérien inaugurated.^[9]
• 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.^{[chronology citation needed]}
• 1970
  • Kennedy Bridge opens.^[1]
  • Agence de Cooperation Culturelle et Technique headquartered in city.^[1]
• 1971 - Centre d'Enseignement Superieur (college) founded.^[1]
• 1972 - Airport opens.^[1]
• 1973
  • University of Niamey active.^[1]
  • Tillabéri-Niamey road constructed.^[10]
• 1974
  • Le Sahel [de] and Sahel Dimanche [de] newspapers in publication.^[1]
  • Olympic FC de Niamey (football club) formed.
  • Telephone ministry headquarters built.^[11]
• 1977 - Population: 225,314.^[12]
• 1982
  • 30 March: Central Market burns down.^[1]
  • Niamey Literacy Center built.^[11]
  • American International School of Niamey built.
• 1984 - Urban development plan created.^[13]
• 1985 - Court of Appeals building constructed.^[11]
• 1986 - Niamey Grand Market built.^[11]
• 1988 - Population: 397,437.^[14]
• 1989
  • City becomes the "Niamey Urban Community," containing administrative Commune I, Commune II, and Commune III.^[13]
  • Stade Général-Seyni-Kountché (stadium) opens.
• 1990 - February: Student economic protest; crackdown.^[15]
• 1991 - Le Républicain newspaper begins publication.
• 1996
  • 27 January: 1996 Nigerien coup d'état occurs.
  • Sociéte Nigerienne de Transports de Voyageurs headquartered in city.^{[chronology citation needed]}
• 1997 - United Nations Economic Commission for Africa Subregional Development Centre for West Africa headquartered in Niamey.^[16]
• 1998 - Nigerien hip hop musical style develops in Niamey.
• 1999 - 9 April: President Maïnassara assassinated.^[17]

21st century

• 2001 - Population: 707,951.^[18]
• 2002
  • August: Military mutiny; crackdown.^[17]
  • Administration of Niamey Urban Community reorganized into Commune I, Commune II, Commune III, Commune IV, and Commune V.^[13]
• 2005 - 2005 Jeux de la Francophonie sport/cultural event held in Niamey.^[1]
• 2006
  • June: 2006 Abdou Moumouni University protests.
  • Areva NC Niger [fr] headquartered in city.
• 2007 - Dounia TV begins broadcasting.
• 2009 - Population: 943,055 (estimate).^[2]
• 2010
  • 18 February: 2010 Nigerien coup d'état occurs.^[19]
  • August: 2010 West African floods.^[20][21]
• 2011
  • Oumarou Dogari Moumouni becomes mayor of the Niamey Urban Community.^{[citation needed]}
  • Kandadji Dam construction begins 180 km from Niamey; when completed will increase city power supply.
• 2012
  • August: Flood.^[21][22]
  • Population: 1,026,848.^[23]
• 2013
  • United States military drone base begins operating at airport.^[24]
  • December: Economic protest.
  • Assane Seydou becomes mayor of the Niamey Urban Community.^{[citation needed]}
• 2014 - Niamey railway station opens.
• 2015 - 17–18 January: Protest against Parisian satirical publication Charlie Hebdo issue No. 1178.^[25]
• 2017 - August: Flood.^[26]
• 2021 - Coup attempt.
• 2023 - Coup.

Images

• 
  Heinrich Lübke, president of West Germany, visits Niamey, 1969
• 
  Flooded street in Niamey, August 2013^[21]

See also

• Niamey history (de)
• Urbanization in Niger [fr]

References

1. Abdourahmane Idrissa; Samuel Decalo (2012). Historical Dictionary of Niger (4th ed.). Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7090-1.
2. Heath 2010.
3. Ambe Njoh (2007). Planning Power: Town Planning and Social Control in Colonial Africa. University College London. ISBN 978-1-135-39160-7.
4. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Niger". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
5. Marcel Lajeunesse, ed. (2008). Les Bibliothèques nationales de la francophonie (PDF) (in French) (3rd ed.). Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec. OCLC 401164333.
6. Emmanuel K. Akyeampong; Henry Louis Gates, Jr., eds. (2012). Dictionary of African Biography. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-538207-5.
7. "Niger: Directory". Africa South of the Sahara 2003. Regional Surveys of the World. Europa Publications. 2003. ISBN 9781857431315. ISSN 0065-3896.
8. "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1965. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations. 1966. pp. 140–161.
9. "Fonctionnement". Ccfnjeanrouch.org (in French). Retrieved 10 July 2017.
10. Sweco; Nordic Consulting Group (2003), Review of the Implementation Status of the Trans African Highways and the Missing Links (PDF), vol. 2: Description of Corridors, African Development Bank and United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
11. "Niger: Niamey". ArchNet. Archived from the original on 27 February 2006.
12. United Nations Department for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis, Statistics Division (1997). "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". 1995 Demographic Yearbook. New York. pp. 262–321. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)
13. Motcho 2004.
14. "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2000. United Nations Statistics Division.
15. "10 Students Reported Killed At a Demonstration in Niger", New York Times, 11 February 1990
16. "Open Yearbook". Yearbook of International Organizations. Brussels: Union of International Associations. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
17. "Niger Profile: Timeline". BBC News. 28 June 2011. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
18. "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants" (PDF). Demographic Yearbook 2010. United Nations Statistics Division. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-07-10.
19. "Palace in Niger Is Attacked by Soldiers", New York Times, 18 February 2010
20. "Niger River floods destroying homes and crops", BBC News, 10 August 2010
21. Casse 2016.
22. "Niger floods – in pictures", Guardian, UK, 24 August 2012
23. "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2015. United Nations Statistics Division. 2016.
24. "New Drone Base in Niger Builds U.S. Presence in Africa", New York Times, 22 February 2013
25. "Five killed in second day of Charlie Hebdo protests in Niger". Reuters. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
26. "Niger floods force thousands from homes in Niamey", BBC News, 29 August 2017

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

Bibliography

in English

• Paul Tiyambe Zeleza; Dickson Eyoh, eds. (2003). "Niamey, Niger". Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century African History. Routledge. ISBN 978-0415234795.
• Elizabeth Heath (2010). "Niamey, Niger". In Kwame Anthony Appiah; Henry Louis Gates (eds.). Encyclopedia of Africa. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195337709.
• Roman A. Cybriwsky (2013). "Niamey". Capital Cities around the World: An Encyclopedia of Geography, History, and Culture. ABC-CLIO. p. 211. ISBN 978-1-61069-248-9.
• Claire Casse; et al. (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". Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 20 (20): 2841–2859. Bibcode:2016HESS...20.2841C. doi:10.5194/hess-20-2841-2016.

in French

• Emmanuel Gegroire (1993). "Réseaux de pouvoir et contrôle urbain: l'exemple d'une ville moyenne au Niger, Maradi". In Sylvy Jaglin; Alain Dubresson (eds.). Pouvoirs et cités d'Afrique noire: Décentralisations en questions (in French). Paris: Éditions Karthala. ISBN 9782865374557.
• Jean-Pierre Jambes (1996). "Typologie de l'espace urbain sahélien, le cas de la ville de Niamey". Cahiers d'Outre-Mer [fr] (in French). 49 – via Persee.fr.
• Kokou Henri Motcho (2004). "La réforme communale de la communauté urbaine de Niamey (Niger)" [Community restructuring within the Niamey urban area]. Revue de géographie alpine [fr] (in French). 92 – via Persee.
• A. Bontianti; et al. (2008). Gestion des déchets à Niamey. Études africaines (in French). Paris: L’Harmattan. ISBN 9782296064836.
• Hamadou Issaka; Dominique Badariotti (2013). "Les inondations à Niamey, enjeux autour d'un phénomène complexe" [Floods in Niamey]. Cahiers d'Outre-Mer [fr] (in French). 66 (263): 295–310. doi:10.4000/com.6900 – via Revues.org.

External links

• "(Niamey)". Directory of Open Access Journals. UK. (Bibliography of open access articles)
• "(Niamey)" – via Europeana. (Images, etc.)
• "(Niamey)" – via Digital Public Library of America. (Images, etc.)
• "(Niamey)". Internet Library Sub-Saharan Africa. Germany: Frankfurt University Library. 15 January 2019. (Bibliography)
• "(Niamey)". Connecting-Africa. Leiden, Netherlands: African Studies Centre. (Bibliography)
• "(Niamey)". AfricaBib.org. (Bibliography)
• Christian Zimmermann (ed.). "(Niamey)". Research Papers in Economics. St. Louis, US: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. (Bibliography)
• Index to scientific research related to Niamey, via Institut de recherche pour le développement of France, Centre de documentation de Niamey
• "Niamey, Niger". BlackPast.org. US. 22 October 2014.