Niger (French pronunciation: [niʒɛʁ]; English /niːˈʒɛər/,
i/ˈnaɪdʒər/[5][6]), 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 Faso and Mali to the west, Algeria and Libya
to the north and Chad to the east. Niger
covers a land area of almost 1,270,000 km2, making it the largest
nation in West Africa, with over 80 percent of its land area covered by the Sahara desert. The country's predominantly
Islamic population of 17,129,076[7] is mostly clustered
in the far south and west of the nation. The capital city is Niamey, located in the far-southwest corner of Niger.More at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niger
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