| Official name: |
Republic of Niger
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| Capital: |
Niamey
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| Area: |
total: 1.267 million sq km
water: 300 sq km
land: 1,266,700 sq km
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| Climate: |
desert; mostly hot, dry, dusty; tropical in extreme south
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| Location: |
Western Africa, southeast of Algeria
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| Geographic coordinates: |
16 00 N, 8 00 E
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| Comparative Area: |
slightly less than twice the size of Texas
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| Land boundaries: |
total: 5,697 km
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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| Coastline: |
0 km (landlocked)
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| Terrain: |
predominately desert plains and sand dunes; flat to rolling plains in south; hills in north
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| Elevation extremes: |
lowest point: Niger River 200 m
highest point: Mont Bagzane 2,022 m
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