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Niger

Niger. Area: 1,267,000 square km. Population: 17.16 million. location of Niamey Is 13.5214 degrees N, 2.1053 degrees E. By Sonya Bennett. Niger is located in north Africa and is in both the northern and western hemisphere.

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Niger

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  1. Niger Area: 1,267,000 square km Population: 17.16 million location of Niamey Is 13.5214 degrees N, 2.1053 degrees E By Sonya Bennett

  2. Niger is located in north Africa and is in both the northern and western hemisphere. • Niger is surrounded by Algeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad , Libya, Mali and Nigeria. Geography • Most dominant feature of Niger is the Sahel and Sahara deserts. Relative location Climograph

  3. Part 2 Niger's man made features revolve around meeting peoples basic needs • Water pumping stations • Military installations • Mosque • Astronomical station • Salt mines

  4. Archeology/History | | | | | | || | | | | | | | 1990- Foreign development aid in Niger was $270 for the year. January 19, 2001 – Thousands of people fled the Ivory country for Burkino Faso to escape attack on foreigners. As many as 10.000 were arriving each week and others were fleeing to Mali, Ghana and Niger. July 31,2002 – In eastern Niger disgruntled soldiers began a mutiny in N’gourt, to protest months of unpaid salaries, seizing senior officials in the region, and taking control of a radio station. 2003- Niger made slavery a crime with a penalty of up to 30 years in jail, but continued to turn a blind eye to the practice. 2007- Niger was described as the poorest country in the world. Northern Niger is rich in natural recourses, they produce 35,000 tons of uranium per year.

  5. sociology Type of government: Republic, emerging from military rule - Poorer people are being starved while richer people got tons of food -slavery was banned in 2003 but still goes on today and is denied by the government Social programs -adult literacy -girls are slowly being allowed into schools Main job is in the craft industry

  6. Economics Natural resources- uranium,Cole, iron , ore, tin ,gold and salt trade: Niger trades with France, united states, japan, Switzerland and Nigeria. They trade radioactive chemical, uranium, ore, gold, petroleum. Banks: bank of Africa Niger and eco-bank Niger Naira

  7. Work cited www.google.ca www.our-africa.org/niger en.wikipedia.org

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