| COUNTRY FACTS:NIGER | |
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| Name(official): | Republic of Niger |
| Name(short): | Niger |
| Capital City: | Niamey |
| Location: | Western Africa, southeast of Algeria Click to enlarge
 Map of Niger |
| Coordinate: | 16 00 N, 8 00 E |
| Independence: | (From France) August 3rd; 1960. |
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| Type of Government: | Republic |
| Total Area: | 1.267million sq.km. |
| Population: | 12 525 094 (July 2006) |
| People: | Hausa 56%, Djerma 22%, Fula 8.5%, Tuareg 8%, Beri Beri (Kanouri) 4.3%, Arab, Toubou, and Gourmantche 1.2%, about 1,200 French expatriates. |
| Religion: | Muslim 80%, remainder indigenous beliefs and Christian. |
| Languages: | French (official), Hausa, Djerma. |
| Literacy: | 17.6%total, %male, %female (2003 est.) |
| Currency: | CFAF |
| GDP(per capita): | $800 (2005 est.) |
| Arable Land: | 11.43% |
| Agriculture: | cowpeas, cotton, peanuts, millet, sorghum, cassava (tapioca), rice; cattle, sheep, goats, camels, donkeys, horses, poultry. |
| Natural resources: | uranium, coal, iron ore, tin, phosphates, gold, molybdenum, gypsum, salt, petroleum. |
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| International Phone Code: | +227 |
ECONOMY: BUSINESS, TRADE AND INVESTMENT
- Tourism:
MAJOR CITIES
Niamey, Nguigmi, Diffa, Dosso, Zinder, Agadez, Tahoua.
NEWS
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:
- United Nations
- African Union
- CEN-SAD
- ECOWAS
- NEPAD
GOVERNMENT: ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS
8 regions (regions, singular - region) includes 1 capital district* (communite urbaine); Agadez, Diffa, Dosso, Maradi, Niamey*, Tahoua, Tillaberi, Zinder