Capital city: Niamey

Region: Africa

Area: 1 267 000 km²

Population: 10 355 156

Main cities: Zinder, Maradi, Tahoua, Birni n'Konni, Agadez, Filigué, Dosso

Currency: CFA franc

Dial code: 227

Internet code: NG

Information: Niger is a western African country, located between Algeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, Libya, Mali and Nigeria. Niger is a vast plain, whose only heights are the Aïr mountains (80000km²) and the Djado Plateau to the northeast. Its position has turned it into a exchange point between northern and southern Africa.