Niger

**Niger**, officially de **Republic of the Niger**, be a landlocked country insyd West Africa. E be a unitary state bordered by Libya to de northeast, Chad to de east, Nigeria to de south, Benin den Burkina Faso to de southwest, Mali to de west, den Algeria to de northwest. E dey cover a land area of almost , wey dey make am de largest landlocked country insyd West Africa den de second largest landlocked nation insyd Africa behind Chad. Over 80% of ein land area dey lie insyd de Sahara. Ein predominantly Muslim population of about 25 million dey live mostly insyd clusters insyd de south den west of de country. De capital Niamey dey locate insyd Niger ein southwest corner along de namesake Niger River.

## Governance den politics
Dem divide Niger into 7 Regions den one capital district. Dem subdivide dese Regions into 36 departments. Dem currently break down de 36 Departments into Communes of varying types.  na der be 265 communes, wey dey include communes urbaines (Urban Communes: as subdivisions of major cities), communes rurales (Rural Communes), insyd sparsely populated areas den postes administratifs (Administrative Posts) for largely uninhabited desert areas anaa military zones.

### Administrative divisions
De *pre-2002* departments (dem rename as regions) den capital district be:
* Agadez Region
* Diffa Region
* Dosso Region
* Maradi Region
* Tahoua Region
* Tillabéri Region
* Zinder Region
* Niamey (capital district)

### Largest cities den towns

## Demographics

### Urban settlements

### Ethnic groups
As insyd chaw West African countries, Niger get a wide variety of ethnic groups. De ethnic makeup of Niger insyd 2001 be as follows: Hausa (55.4%), Zarma & Songhay (21%), Tuareg (9.3%), Fula (French: *Peuls*; Fula: *Fulɓe*) (8.5%), Kanuri Manga (4.7%), Tubu (0.4%), Arab (0.4%), Gourmantche (0.4%), other (0.1%). De Zarma den Songhay dey dominate de Dosso, Tillabéri, den Niamey regions, de Hausa dey dominate de Zinder, Maradi, den Tahoua regions, Kanuri Manga dey dominate de Diffa region, den Tuaregs dey dominate de Agadez region insyd Northern Niger.

## Culture

### Festivals den cultural events

#### Guérewol festival

De Guérewol festival be a traditional Wodaabe cultural event wey dey take place insyd Abalak insyd Tahoua region anaa In'Gall insyd Agadez Region.

#### Cure Salée festival

## References


## Sources

* Decalo, Samuel. *Historical Dictionary of Niger*, 3rd ed. (Scarecrow Press, 1997, )&nbsp;– a comprehensive collection of Niger topics
* CIA World Factbook (entry on Niger Archived 30 March 2021 at the Wayback Machine)
* US State Department  *Note: This article contains material from the State Department website.*
* Unicef Niger statistics Archived 30 November 2009 at the Wayback Machine
* Unesco manuscript on child work and schooling in Niger

## External links

* Official website
* Niger Archived 30 March 2021 at the Wayback Machine. *The World Factbook*. Central Intelligence Agency.
* Niger from *UCB Libraries GovPubs*
* Niger profile (Archived 2 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine) – BBC News
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* Key Development Forecasts for Niger (Archived 17 April 2021 at the Wayback Machine) – International Futures

**Trade**

* 2012 Niger Trade Summary Statistics. Archived 7 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine..