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Niger, [a] officially the Republic of the Niger, [b] is a landlocked country in West Africa.It is a unitary state bordered by Libya to the northeast, Chad to the east, Nigeria to the south, Benin and Burkina Faso to the southwest, Mali to the west, and Algeria to the northwest.
An enlargeable basic map of Niger. Pronunciation: / n iː ˈ ʒ ɛər / or / ˈ n aɪ dʒ ər / Common English country name: Niger; Official English country name: The Republic of Niger; Common endonym(s): Official endonym(s): Adjectival(s): Nigerien; Demonym(s): ISO country codes: NE, NER, 562; ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:NE
The country is named after Tanganyika, its mainland part, and the Zanzibar islands off its east coast. TGO Togo a: Togolese Republic (official, English), République togolaise (official, French) TON Tonga a: Kingdom of Tonga (official, English), Puleʻanga Fakatuʻi ʻo Tonga (official, Tongan) THA Thailand a
Niamey (French pronunciation:) is the capital and largest city of Niger.Niamey lies on the Niger River, primarily situated on the east bank.Niamey's population was counted as 1,026,848 as of the 2012 census.
A country demonym denotes the people or the inhabitants of or from there; for example, "Germans" are people of or from Germany. Demonyms are given in plural forms. Singular forms simply remove the final s or, in the case of -ese endings, are the same as the plural forms.
The country has 13 official languages, of which Bambara is the most commonly spoken. The sovereign state's northern borders reach deep into the middle of the Sahara Desert. The country's southern part, where the majority of inhabitants live, is in the Sudanian savanna and has the Niger and Senegal rivers running through it.
At 1,267,000 square kilometres (489,000 sq mi), of which 300 square kilometres (115 sq mi) is water, Niger is the world's twenty-second largest country. Niger has a total of 5,697 kilometres (3,540 mi) of borders, the longest of which is with Nigeria to the south. Niger's subtropical climate is mainly hot and dry.
It is the leading indigenous language of the southwestern lobe of the West African nation of Niger, where the Niger River flows and the capital city, Niamey, is located. Zarma is the second-most common language in the country, after Hausa, which is spoken in south-central Niger. With over 6 million speakers, Zarma is easily the most widely ...