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Administrative divisions
8 regions (regions, singular - region) includes 1 capital district* (communite urbaine); Agadez, Diffa, Dosso, Maradi, Niamey*, Tahoua, Tillaberi, Zinder |
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Capital city > Geographic coordinates
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13 31 N, 2 07 E |
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Constitution
new constitution adopted 18 July 1999 |
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Corruption
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2.4 |
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[128th of 160]
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Diplomatic representation from the US > Mailing address
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B. P. 11201, Niamey |
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Executive branch > Cabinet
26-member Cabinet appointed by the president |
Executive branch > Chief of state
President Mamadou TANDJA (since 22 December 1999) |
Flag description
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 |
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Government type
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republic |
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Independence
3 August 1960 (from France) |
Judicial branch
State Court or Cour d'Etat; Court of Appeals or Cour d'Appel |
Legal system
based on French civil law system and customary law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
Legislative branch
unicameral National Assembly (113 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms) |
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National holiday
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Republic Day, 18 December |
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Political parties and leaders
Democratic and Social Convention-Rahama or CDS-Rahama [Mahamane OUSMANE]; National Movement for a Developing Society-Nassara or MNSD-Nassara [Hama AMADOU]; Niger Social Democratic Party or PSDN; Nigerien Alliance for Democracy and Social Progress-Zaman Lahiya or ANDP-Zaman Lahiya [Moumouni DJERMAKOYE]; Nigerien Party for Autonomy or PNA-Alouma'a [Sanousi JACKOU]; Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism or PNDS-Tarrayya [Issifou MAHAMADOU]; Nigerien Progressive Party or PPN-RDA [Abdoulaye DIORI]; Rally for Democracy and Progress or RDP-jama'a [Hamid ALGABID]; Social and Democratic Rally or RSD-Gaskiyya [Cheiffou AMADOU] |
Political pressure groups and leaders
The Nigerien Movement for Justice or MNJ, a predominantly Tuareg rebel group |
Status
democracy |
Suffrage
18 years of age; universal |
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Time required to start a business > days
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24 days
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[119th of 171]
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Transnational Issues > Disputes > International
Libya claims about 25,000 sq km in a currently dormant dispute in the Tommo region; much of Benin-Niger boundary, including tripoint with Nigeria, remains undemarcated; only Nigeria and Cameroon have heeded the Lake Chad Commission's admonition to ratify the delimitation treaty which also includes the Chad-Niger and Niger-Nigeria boundaries |
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