Republic of Niger République du Niger CAPITAL: Niamey FLAG: The flag is a tricolor of orange, white, and green horizontal stripes, with an orange circle at the center of the white stripe. ANTHEM: La Nigérienne. MONETARY UNIT: The...

Niger POPULATION 10,639,744 MUSLIM 86 percent AFRICAN INDIGENOUS BELIEFS 13 percent CHRISTIAN AND OTHER 1 percent Country Overview Introduction Located in West Africa, the Republic of Niger is bordered by seven countries: to the north by Algeria and...

Niger The Republic of Niger covers 1.27 million square kilometers (489,000 square miles) of arid and semi-arid territory in West Africa, spanning the transition zone from the Sahara Desert to the Southern savannas. Most of the landlocked...

state, west-central Nigeria, bounded to the south by the Niger River. It is also bounded by the states of Kebbi and Sokoto to the north, Kaduna to the north and northeast, Kogi to the southeast, and Kwara to the south. The Abuja Federal Capital...

Country, western Africa, on the southern edge of the Sahara. Area: 459,286 sq mi (1,189,546 sq km). Population (2005 est.): 12,163,000. Capital: Niamey. More than half the people are Hausa; there are also Songhai-Zerma and Kanuri. Languages: French...

Niger (pronounced /niËËÊ'ÉÉr/, US variant: /ËnaɪdÊ'É/), in French pronounced [niÊ'ÉÊ]), officially 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...