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Niger (pronounced /niːˈʒɛər/ or /ˈnaɪdʒər/; French pronunciation: [niʒɛʁ]), officially the Republic of Niger, is a landlocked country in Western Africa, named after the Niger River. It borders Nigeria and Benin to the south, Burkina Faso and Mali to the west, Algeria and Libya to the north and Chad to the east. Its size is almost 1,270,000 km² with a population of just under 13,300,000. The capital city is Niamey. Niger is one of the poorest and least developed countries in the world, with over...
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14.85924
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6.45904
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1,267,000.0km²
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- NIGER
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- NER
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- 562
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- NIG
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NE
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- NIGER
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NG
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Aug 3, 1960
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12,894,865
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Jul 2007
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