niger

     

Niger (pronounce /niːˈʒɛər/ or /ˈnaɪdʒɚ/); in French pronounced [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. The capital city is Niamey.

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  • Tho the Atlantic is less than 200 miles from its source, this W. African river travels nearly 2600 to reach it
  • In 1926 the capital of this republic of Northwest Africa was moved from Zinder to Niamey
  • Mungo Park disappeared in 1806 while exploring this west African river
  • Burton & Speke explored the Nile & Mungo Park explored this West African river
  • Mali's most fertile agricultural area lies in the valley of this major west African river
  • This West African country is semi-arid except for areas near its namesake river in the southwest
  • This river, Africa's third longest, rises in the highlands of southern Guinea near its border with Sierra Leone
  • Bamako, Mali
  • On July 21, 1796 Mungo Park became the first European to sight this long West African river
  • Niamey &Timbuktu

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