NigerPopulation: 17.16 million

Area:1,267,000 square km

location of NiameyIs 13.5214 degrees N, 2.1053 degrees E

By Sonya Bennett

Geography

• 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.

• Most dominant feature of Niger is the Sahel and Sahara deserts.

ClimographRelative location

Part 2Niger's man made features revolve around meeting peoples basic needs

• Water pumping stations

• Military installations

• Mosque

• Astronomical station

• Salt mines

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.

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

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

Work cited

www.our-africa.org/niger

www.google.ca

en.wikipedia.org