Niger flag information
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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Additional information about Niger
Official country name: Republic of Niger
Short name: Niger
Local names (long and short forms): Republique du Niger / Niger
Former name:
Abbreviation:
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Nationality noun / adjective: Nigerien(s) / Nigerien
Languages spoken: French (official), Hausa, Djerma. .
Capital: Niamey (GMT 1.0, summertime: )
Government type: republic
Population: 13272679 ranked 68, (data 2008)
Geography: one of the hottest countries in the world; northern four-fifths is desert, southern one-fifth is savanna, suitable for livestock and limited agriculture. The lowest point is Niger River 200 m and the highest point is Mont Bagzane 2,022 m. .
Coastline: Coastline km - landlocked. .
Land borders: Niger has a total of 5697 km landborders, bordering to Algeria 956 km, Benin 266 km, Burkina Faso 628 km, Chad 1,175 km, Libya 354 km, Mali 821 km, Nigeria 1,497 km. . .
Administrative divisions: 8 regions (regions, singular - region) includes 1 capital district* (communite urbaine); Agadez, Diffa, Dosso, Maradi, Niamey*, Tahoua, Tillaberi, Zinder
Dependent areas:
Independence: 3 August 1960 (from France)