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In this Quick GeoFact post, some of the towns, cities, and villages in the vast West African country NIGER — located south of the Sahara Desert in the Sahel Region — are alphabetized in an A to Z list below!
A — Abala, Abalak, Agadem, Agadéz, Aguié, Aney, Arlit, and Ayorou
B — Bedouaram, Bilma, Birni Nkonni, and Bouza
C — Chikal Chinyasou and Chirfa
D — Dakoro, Déssa, Diffa, Dioundiou, Dirkou, Djado, Dogondoutchi, and Dosso
E — Eleouayene, Elméki and Elok
F — Fachi, Falmey, Filingué, and Founkouéy
G — Gangara, Gothèye, Goudoumaria, Goûgaram, Gouré, Guidimouni, and Guinia
H — Hamdallay (Hamdallaye) and Harikanassou
I — Iférouâne, Illéla, and I-n-Azaoua
J — Jikâ-ta (Jikata) and Joûchi
K — Kabetawa, Karma, and Keïta
L — Lido and Loga
M — Madama, Madarounfa, Magaria, Maïné-Soroa, Maradi, Mataméye, Mayahi, Méhana, and Moha (Moa)
N — Ngaloua, Nguigmi, Ngourti, and Niamey (capital)
O — Ouallam and Ourofon
P — Pépétiaga, Pouali Rimaïbé, and Poullo Bossadji
Q — there are none (as far as I know)
R — Rafa, Rijia Bagouârî, Rodji Zarma, and Roumboui
S — Sassoumbouroum, Say, and Séguédine
T — Tahoua, Takiéta, Takoukout, Talcho, Tánout, Tasker, Tassara, Tchin Tabaradene, Téra, Termit-Kaoboul, Tessaoua, Tibiri, Tillabéri, and Tîmia
U — there are none (as far as I know)
V — Vèndou Mama (Windoumama)
W — Wacha, Wame, Wèlla Sofon Gari, and Widi
X — there are none (as far as I know)
Y — Yarda, Yékoua, and Youri Kourtéré
Z — Zama Kouara, Zama Kouara, Zané, Zaourami, Zermou, Zinder, and Zoumba
● The Cure Salée (Salty Cure) – Festival of the Nomads
● Historic salt and gold trade routes
● Pyramidal mosque minaret in Agadez
● Taureg nomads in the desert
● Aïr Mountains
● Ténéré Desert
Most items were listed in The Africa Book; the MLA citation is below. What are other "trademarks" of this African country? Feel free to share your thoughts with a comment!
Phillips et al. The Africa Book: A Journey through Every
Country in the Continent. Lonely Planet, 2007.
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According to MIT's Observatory of Economic Complexity (atlas.media.mit.edu), the following items are major exports of NIGER: aircraft parts, batteries, broth and soup, cassava, concentrated milk, cotton fabric, cows, delivery trucks, dried legumes, goats, gold, horses, jewelry, large construction vehicles, mattresses, oilseeds, onions, palm oil, pasta, petroleum gas, petroleum jelly, plastic pipes, processed tomatoes, radioactive chemicals, refined petroleum, rice, rubber, scrap vessels, sheep, small aircraft, soap, special pharmaceuticals, specialized automobiles, sugar, tanned goat hides, tea, telephones, thorium ore, tobacco, uranium ore, and used clothing. According to the International Monetary Fund (data.imf.org), countries and territories buying and importing most of those exports (February 2017 statistics) include South Korea (top importer), the United States, France, Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Japan, Mali, Thailand, China, the Netherlands, Germany, Ghana, Lebanon, Singapore, Vietnam, Benin, Poland, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, and India.
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ for NIGER in West Africa lists one extinct-in-the-wild species (Scimitar-Horned Oryx), seven critically endangered species, and eight endangered species. Niger's critically endangered species are the Addax (White Antelope), Addra Gazelle, Hooded Vulture, Monkfish, Rueppell's Griffon Vulture, White-Backed Vulture, and White-Headed Vulture. Alestes bouboni fish, Cape Hunting Dogs, Egyptian Eagles, Lappet-Faced Vultures, Philochortus zolii lizards, Rhim Gazelles, Saker Falcons, and Steppe Eagles are endangered in Niger. Philatelic fact: the Alestes bouboni fish is featured on Niger's 120 Franc stamp from the year 1984.
Plateau du Manguéni is a relatively flat, elevated plain in the northernmost area of NIGER. It is located east of southeastern Algeria and south of Libya, near both countries' borders. Its location in regards to other plateaus is north of Plateau du Djado and west-northwest of Plateau du Tchigai. This Niger topography map produced by Sadelmelik on Wikipedia visualizes Plateau du Manguéni - the smile-shaped feature in extreme northern Niger - hovering above surrounding land on three of the plateau's sides. As shown in the embedded Bing Maps frame below, a dried-up intermittent stream cuts into the plateau's southern edge, creating an interesting landscape. Finally, the plateau's west-to-east length is about 200 kilometers (~124 miles).
Officially known as the Republic of Niger (French: République du Niger), NIGER is a landlocked, mostly arid country situated in northwestern Africa and named after the 4,180 kilometer (2,597 mile) long Niger River. There are 7 bordering countries: Algeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, Libya, Mali, and Nigeria. The capital and most-populated city is Niamey. Other communities include Agadéz, Diffa, Dosso, Maradi, Tahoua, Tillabéri, and Zinder. The currency is the West African Franc, and its ISO 4217 currency code is XOF.
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