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Republic of Niger

NIGER

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NIGER Republic of Niger

Capital Niamey
Largest City Niamey
Land Area 489,191 mi2

Population

  • Total 15,900,000
  • Density 32.5 people/mi2
  • Growth 3.99% per year
  • Children 49.65%
  • Adult 48.01%
  • Elderly 2.342%

Bordering Countries
Algeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, Libya, Mali, Nigeria

* Statistics by Wolfram|Alpha. "Christianity" is used in the statistical sense and includes Catholics, Protestants, and true Christians.

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Niger, officially named the Republic of Niger, is a landlocked country in Western Africa, named after the Niger River. It borders Nigeria and Benin to the south, Burkina Faso and Mali to the west, Algeria and Libya to the north and Chad to the east. Niger covers a land area of almost 489,191 square miles, over 80 percent of which is covered by the Sahara desert. The country's predominantly Islamic population of 15,900,000 is mostly clustered in the far south and west of the nation. The capital city is Niamey.

Niger is a developing country. It consistently has one of the lowest ranks of the United Nation's Human Development Index (HDI), currently 167th of 169 countries. Much of the non-desert portions of the country are threatened by periodic drought and desertification. The economy is concentrated around subsistence and some export agriculture clustered in the more fertile south, and the export of raw materials-especially uranium ore. Niger remains handicapped by its landlocked position, desert terrain, poor education and poverty of its people, lack of infrastructure, poor health care, and environmental degradation.

Nigerien society reflects a great diversity drawn from the long independent histories of its several ethnic groups and regions and their relatively short period living in a single state. Historically, what is now Niger has been on the fringes of several large states. Since independence, Nigeriens have lived under five constitutions and three periods of military rule. A majority live in rural areas, and have little access to advanced education.


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