Niger

E22368
country in Africa sovereign state

Niger is a landlocked West African country in the Sahel region, known for its vast desert landscapes, uranium resources, and predominantly rural population.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Niger canonical 284
Southern Niger 2
Niger (French colony) 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf country in Africa ⓘ
sovereign state ⓘ
areaKm2 1267000 ⓘ
borderCountry Algeria ⓘ
Benin ⓘ
Burkina Faso ⓘ
Chad ⓘ
Libya ⓘ
Mali ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ
callingCode +227 ⓘ
capital Niamey ⓘ
climate arid ⓘ
semi-arid ⓘ
colonialPower France ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
currency West African CFA franc ⓘ
currencyCode XOF ⓘ
demonym Nigerien ⓘ
drivesOn right ⓘ
governmentType semi-presidential republic ⓘ
hasDesertLandscape true ⓘ
hasRegion Sahara Desert ⓘ
Sahel ⓘ
HDICategory low human development ⓘ
independenceDate 1960-08-03 ⓘ
independenceFrom France ⓘ
ISO3166-1Alpha2 NE ⓘ
ISO3166-1Alpha3 NE ⓘ
surface form: NER
landlocked true ⓘ
largestCity Niamey ⓘ
locatedIn Sahel ⓘ
surface form: Sahel region

West Africa ⓘ
majorReligion Islam ⓘ
namedAfter Niger River ⓘ
naturalResource coal ⓘ
gold ⓘ
oil ⓘ
uranium ⓘ
officialLanguage French ⓘ
officialName Republic of Niger ⓘ
partOf African Union ⓘ
Community of Sahel-Saharan States ⓘ
ECOWAS ⓘ
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ⓘ
United Nations ⓘ
populationCharacteristic predominantly rural ⓘ
shortName Niger self-link ⓘ
timeZone UTC+1 ⓘ
UNMemberState true ⓘ

Referenced by (290)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Libya → borderCountry → Niger ⓘ
Nigeria → sharesBorderWith → Niger ⓘ
Tropic of Cancer → passesThrough → Niger ⓘ
West African languages → areSpokenIn → Niger ⓘ
Berber languages → spokenIn → Niger ⓘ
Bureau of African Affairs → appliesPolicyTo → Niger ⓘ
Algeria → borderingCountry → Niger ⓘ
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation → hasMemberState → Niger ⓘ
Tebu → inhabits → Niger ⓘ
Tebu → country → Niger ⓘ
Tebu → minorityStatusIn → Niger ⓘ
Tuareg → country → Niger ⓘ
Hausa → nativeTo → Niger ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Niger
Hausa → spokenIn → Niger ⓘ
Hausa → isLinguaFrancaIn → Niger ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Niger
Berbers → presentInCountry → Niger ⓘ
Central European Summer Time → usedIn → Niger ⓘ
Nilo-Saharan languages → spokenIn → Niger ⓘ
Niger–Congo languages → spokenIn → Niger ⓘ
Fulani → presentInCountry → Niger ⓘ
Sahara Desert → locatedIn → Niger ⓘ
West Africa → containsCountry → Niger ⓘ
ECOWAS → memberState → Niger ⓘ
ECA Subregional Office for West Africa → countryServed → Niger ⓘ
Operation Serval → supportedBy → Niger ⓘ
French → officialLanguageOf → Niger ⓘ
French West Africa → includesTerritory → Niger ⓘ
French West Africa → successorState → Niger ⓘ
Sub-Saharan Africa → contains → Niger ⓘ
Haredi Jews → populationCenter → Niger ⓘ
Sahel → locatedIn → Niger ⓘ
Chad → borderCountry → Niger ⓘ
Fezzan → borders → Niger ⓘ
Niger → shortName → Niger self-link ⓘ
Francophonie → hasMajorMember → Niger ⓘ
Operation Barkhane → location → Niger ⓘ
Niger River → countryTraversed → Niger ⓘ
Niger River → drainageBasinCountry → Niger ⓘ
Niger River → formsBorderBetween → Niger ⓘ
Tifinagh → usedIn → Niger ⓘ
Tamazight (generic) → spokenIn → Niger ⓘ
Songhay languages → spokenIn → Niger ⓘ
Office of the Special Envoy for the Sahel → focusesOnCountry → Niger ⓘ
ECCAS → memberState → Niger ⓘ
CEN-SAD → memberState → Niger ⓘ
Zenati languages → spokenIn → Niger ⓘ
Benin → borderedBy → Niger ⓘ
West Africa Time (WAT) → usedInCountry → Niger ⓘ
subject surface form: West Africa Time
French Community → memberState → Niger ⓘ
Blue People → associatedWithRegion → Niger ⓘ