Birni-N'Konni
Birni-N'Konni (also Birnin-Konni or shortened to Konni/Bkonni) is a town in the Tahoua Region of Niger, lying immediately north of the border of Nigeria and west of seasonal Maggia River. It is an important market town and transport hub and as of the 2012 census had a population of 63,169. The town is the historic centre of the small pre-colonial Hausa state of Konni.
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Birni-N'Konni. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
World of VALÉORINE
Documentary connections
Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.
In this article
Overview
Overview
The name comes from the Hausa for "Walled Town of Konni", and many Hausa towns (such as Zinder) designate the old citadel neighbourhood the "Birni". Konni is known for its vernacular architecture including traditional granaries and is regarded as a centre for smuggling between Niger and Nigeria. Contemporary importance rests on the surrounding agricultural lands and its place on the N1 highway, the main east-west highway linking Niger's capital Niamey and the nation's main eastern cities of Maradi and Zinder. It also sits astride one of several main routes between the Hausa populated territories of southern Niger and northern Nigeria, with the Nigerian transport and trade centre of Illela, Sokoto State just 18 km to the south. The town was also the site of a major massacre on 8 May 1899 when the French Voulet–Chanoine Mission attacked the region. On 27 October 2020, an American citizen was kidnapped in the area. No group claimed responsibility for the abduction. He was freed on 31 October.
Key facts
Key facts
• Official Name — Birni-N'Konni • Other Name — Konni • Type — Commune • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Niger • Subdivision Type1 — Region • Subdivision Name1 — Tahoua Region • Subdivision Type2 — Department • Subdivision Name2 — Bkonni Department • Area Total Km2 — 861.0 • Population As Of — 2012 • Population Total — 149,414 • Population Urban — 63,169 • Population Metro — 312,886 (Birni-N'Konni department) • Elevation M — 270
Text attribution
Licensing
Text attribution
Part of the biographical narrative on this page reuses licensed material. Its origin, revision and licence are recorded here.
The biographical narrative on this page is based on the Wikipedia article Birni-N'Konni, revision 1375137033 (EN edition), by its contributors. VALÉORINE has edited that text and built its own documentary record around it. The reused material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, and this page's reuse of it is offered under the same licence. Everything else on this page — the chronology, the holdings, the evidence, the plates and the connections — is VALÉORINE's own record. Sources and licences.
Makers, houses and production
Knowledge graph
Makers, houses and production
The people, houses and objects recorded in connection with this place.
Died at
1- Jean RouchPhotographer
Established from a fact already recorded on a verified source.
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 26 September 2026.
Elsewhere in General
22,760 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Birmingham Polytechnic InstitutionOrganisation
- Birmingham School of ActingOrganisation
- Birmingham TownshipPlace
- Birmingham–Southern CollegeOrganisation
- BirsinghaPlace
- Birthday PartyWork
- BiržaiPlace
- BirzeitPlace
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own an object connected with Birni-N'Konni?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.