| NIGERIEN GEOGRAPHY STATS: |
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Area > Land
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1,266,700 sq km
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[21st of 236]
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Area > Total
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1,267,000 sq km
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[28th of 248]
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Area > Water
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300 sq km
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[120th of 237]
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Climate
desert; mostly hot, dry, dusty; tropical in extreme south |
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Coastline
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0 km
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[235th of 249]
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Elevation extremes > Highest point
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Mont Bagzane 2,022 m |
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Elevation extremes > Lowest point
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Niger River 200 m |
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Forested Land
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1% |
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[181st of 193]
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Geographic coordinates
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16 00 N, 8 00 E |
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Geography > Note
landlocked; one of the hottest countries in the world; northern four-fifths is desert, southern one-fifth is savanna, suitable for livestock and limited agriculture |
Land boundaries > Border countries
Algeria 956 km, Benin 266 km, Burkina Faso 628 km, Chad 1,175 km, Libya 354 km, Mali 821 km, Nigeria 1,497 km |
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Land use > Arable land
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11.43 %
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[101st of 241]
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Largest city
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Niamey |
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Largest city population
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587,000 |
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[111st of 174]
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Largest city with population
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Niamey - 398,265 |
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Location
Western Africa, southeast of Algeria |
Map references
Africa |
Natural resources
uranium, coal, iron ore, tin, phosphates, gold, molybdenum, gypsum, salt, petroleum |
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Population density
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7.86 people per sqkm |
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[211st of 256]
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Terrain
predominately desert plains and sand dunes; flat to rolling plains in south; hills in north |
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