Kolleram

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Kolleram is a village and rural commune in the Mirriah Department of the Zinder Region of Niger.[https://web.archive.org/web/20110722030518/http://www.case.ibimet.cnr.it/den/Documents/code_rural/cdrom/doc%20pdf/Loi%20N%B02002-14%20cr%E9ation%20des%20communes.pdf Loi n° 2002-014 du 11 JUIN 2002 portant création des communes et fixant le nom de leurs chefs-lieux]. Includes list of 213 communes rurales and seats, 52 Communes urbaines and seats As of 2012, it had a population of 29,583.{{Cite web |title=Niger: Municipal Division (Departments and Communes) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/niger/admin/ |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=www.citypopulation.de}}

The village is known for its unusual dependence on cardboard boxes, which are used for necessities such as plumbing, shelter, and even clothing. This has come to be known as the Kolleram cardboard phenomenon, a term coined by author Issouf Ag Maha.{{cite book |last1=Maha|first1=Issouf|title=Les Mystères du Niger|date=2004|publisher=Editions La Cheminante|pages=59, 87|language=fr}}