 Google Map of Niger |
|
| Niger News |
|
|
|
| Location of Niger |
|
|
| Feature Articles about Niger |
|
|
|
| We do not yet have any feature articles for Niger |
|
| Interesting Facts about Niger |
|
|
| Niger Weather |
|
|
| Area |
total: 1.267 million sq km land: 1,266,700 sq km water: 300 sq km |
| Climate |
desert; mostly hot, dry, dusty; tropical in extreme south |
| Population |
12,894,865 (July 2007 est.) |
| Languages |
French (official), Hausa, Djerma |
More Interesting Niger Facts & Figures |
|
| Niger Websites |
|
|
| Niger CIA Map |
|
|
|
|
 |
| Source:
CIA World Factbook |
|
|
| CIA World Factbook Description of Niger |
|
| 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. |
| Source:
CIA World Factbook |
|
