Editing Niamey (section)

===Administration===
Niamey makes up a special [[Capital districts and territories|capital district]] of Niger, which is surrounded by the Region of [[Tillabéri Region|Tillabéri]].
[[File:Old Presidential Palace in Niamey - Mapillary (1zunKARfz0wkJExHFVEFng).jpg|thumb|200px|Old presidential palace]]
The city of Niamey itself is governed as an autonomous first-level administrative block, the Niamey Urban Community (Fr. Communauté Urbaine de Niamey, or CUN). It is a co-equal first division subdivision with the seven [[Regions of Niger]]. The Niamey Urban Community includes an administration and Governor appointed by national leaders.<ref name=sahel20110701 /> Like the rest of Niger, Niamey has seen a decentralisation of governance since 2000. Government Ordinance n°2010–56 and Presidential Decree n°2010-679 of September 2010 mandated an elected City Council for the city of Niamey, subsumed under the CUN. This excludes some outlying areas of the CUN.<ref name=sahel20110701 /> Forty-five councillors are popularly elected and in turn elect the Mayor of the City of Niamey. In July 2011, the first Mayor under the new system, [[Oumarou Dogari Moumouni]], was installed by the Governor of the CUN Mrs. [[Aïchatou Boulama Kané]] and the City Council.<ref name=sahel20110701 /> The City Council and Mayor have limited roles compared to the CUN Governor. Niamey has a third layer of government in the [[Communes of Niger|Commune]] system. Each Commune elects its own council, and outside major cities, these function like independent cities. Niamey and other major cities have been, since the advent of decentralisation, developing co-ordination of Commune governments in large cities made up of multiple Communes.<ref name=sahel20110701 /> Under Law No. 2002-15, passed on 11 June 2002, the CUN contains five urban communes.<ref name="INS 2023" />