Niger

Guide to NIGER

NIGER which official name is Republic of Niger or Niger, is a country from Africa located at the Western Africa, southeast of Algeria. NIGER with 5,697 km sq km, limits with: Algeria 956 km, Benin 266 km, Burkina Faso 628 km, Chad 1,175 km, Libya 354 km, Mali 821 km, Nigeria 1,497 km; and is divided in 8 regions . NIGER's capital is Niamey which is the most populated city with about 774,245 inhabitants.

History of NIGER

NIGER's government is republic; a Republic with a Executive government type, with President Tandja Mamadou as head of state and Prime Minister Seyni Oumarou as head of government.

Other symbols of NIGER are Nigerien motto " Fraternité, Travail, Progrès (French, Fraternity, Work, Progress) Nigerien anthem "La Nigérienne Nigerien flag.Nigerien flag is composed by three equal horizontal bands of orange (top), white, and green with a small orange disk (representing the sun) centered in the white band; similar to the flag of India, which has a blue spoked wheel centered in the white band .

NIGER's history is quite long: Niger became independent from France in 1960 and experienced single-party and military rule until 1991, when Gen. Ali SAIBOU was forced by public pressure to allow multiparty elections, which resulted in a democratic government in 1993. Political infighting brought the government to a standstill and in 1996 led to a coup by Col. Ibrahim BARE. In 1999 BARE was killed in a coup by military officers who promptly restored democratic rule and held elections that brought Mamadou TANDJA to power in December of that year. TANDJA was reelected in 2004. Niger is one of the poorest countries in the world with minimal government services and insufficient funds to develop its resource base. The largely agrarian and subsistence-based economy is frequently disrupted by extended droughts common to the Sahel region of Africa.

NIGERs geography

Guide to travel to NIGER

If you are thinking on traveling to NIGER, you will have to take in consideration some points like NIGER's currency, NIGER's weather, NIGER's national holiday and NIGER's transports.

The first thing you need to know for your travels abroad is country's currency. NIGER`s currency is called franc ( CFAF), which is divided in 100 centimes. For your consideration, franc's exchange rate is about 0 per dolar.416.3810798366.

NIGER's weather is characterized to be desert; mostly hot, dry, dusty; tropical in extreme south. So be sure of choosing the proper date to travel to NIGER.

You can also consider to visit NIGER on it's national holiday to get in NIGER's culture. If you do so, NIGER's national holiday is called Republic Day, 18 December.

Also, if you like natural wonders, don't forget to visit the highest point of NIGER: Mont Bagzane 2,022 m. And try also to get to NIGER's lowest point: Niger River 200 mBut if you prefer the city, you must visit NIGER's tallest structure: ( ).

Don't be afraid to take a flight to NIGER, with more than 28 airports and 0 airlines, you will get to NIGER without problems. Once there, you can choose the transport type that better fits your needs. NIGER has about0 of railways, and also300 of roadways, so is a good place for a car trip.

Nigerien Culture

NIGER is known by Nigeriens as Republique du Niger or Niger in the shortened way. Nigerien, about 12,894,865 people, are composed by different ethnics: Haoussa 55.4%, Djerma Sonrai 21%, Touareg 9.3%, Peuhl 8.5%, Kanouri Manga 4.7%, other 1.2% (2001 census). And they also have different languages: French.

Another relevant point nowadays it's NIGER's religion. Nigeriens are divided in Muslim 80%, other (includes indigenous beliefs and Christian) 20%.

Videos of Niger

See some viedos of Niger's places and tourism before choosing your vacations destination.

Latest News of Niger