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Niger (nation) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 16 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 16.0000 decimal degrees |
Long: 008 00 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 8.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Region had Paleolithic settlements; Taureg people arrived by 11th century; powerful sultanates and kingdoms flourished 15th-19th centuries; explored by Europeans 18th century; part of French West Africa 1904; boundaries demarcated by Anglo-French accords 1899 and 1904; official language is French, though Hausa and Djerma are widely spoken. |
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Niger (preferred,C,V,English-P,U,N)
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Niger (Tagalog)
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Niger (Malagasy)
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Niger (Vietnamese)
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Niger (Indonesian)
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Niger (Croatian)
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Niger (Bosnian)
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Niger (Latin)
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Niger (Magyar (Hungarian))
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Niger (Danish)
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Niger (Norwegian (Nynorsk))
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Niger (Finnish)
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Niger (Swedish)
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Niger (Polish)
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Niger (Romanian)
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Niger (Slovak)
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Niger (Slovene)
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Niger (Basque)
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Niger (Scots Gaelic)
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Niger (Welsh)
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Niger (German)
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Niger (Breton)
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Niger (Czech)
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Niger (Dutch)
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Niger (Afrikaans)
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Niger (French-P,U,N)
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Niger (Faroese)
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Niger (Italian)
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Niger (Estonian)
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Niger (Greenlandic)
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Niger (Norwegian (Bokmål))
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Niger (Romansh)
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Niger (Malay (macrolanguage))
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Niger (North Ndebele)
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Niger (Norwegian)
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Niger (Pampanga)
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Niger (Northern Sami)
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Niger (Shona)
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Niger (Swahili (generic))
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Niger (Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association))
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République du Niger (C,V,O,French,U,N)
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Republic of the Niger (C,O,English,U,N)
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Republic of Niger (C,O,English,U,N)
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República del Níger (C,O)
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Níger (C,O,Portuguese)
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Níger (Spanish)
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Níger (Catalan)
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Níger (Icelandic)
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Нигер (C,O,Urdu)
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Нигер (Serbian)
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Нигер (Macedonian)
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Нигер (Bulgarian)
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Нигер (Russian-P,U)
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Нигер (Ossetian/Ossetic)
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Республика Нигер (C,O,Russian,U)
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尼日尔 (C,O,Chinese-P,U)
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尼日尔共和国 (C,O,Chinese,U)
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ا يًجَر (C,O,Arabic-P,U)
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جُهور ةً ا يًجَر (C,O,Arabic,U)
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NER (C,O,ISO3L)
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NE (C,O,ISO2L)
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ISO562 (C,O,ISO3N)
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NG (C,O,FIPS)
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Nigerien (C,O,English,U,A)
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ניז'ר (C,U,Hebrew )
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An Nígir (C,U,Irish Gaelic)
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i-Niger (C,U,Zulu)
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Naisia (C,U,Tonga (Tonga Islands))
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Nayjer (C,U,Somali)
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Nícher (C,U,Aragonese)
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Niġer (C,U,Maltese)
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Nig·èr (C,U,Arpitan)
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Nigèr (C,U,Occitan)
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Nigēra (C,U,Latvian)
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Nigeri (C,U,Albanian)
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Nigerië (C,U,Afrikaans)
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Nigeris (C,U,Lithuanian)
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Niger nutome (C,U,Ewe)
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Niĝero (C,U,Esperanto)
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Ni-giê (C,U,Vietnamese)
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Ni-giê (Niger) (C,U,Vietnamese)
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Nigyɛ (C,U,Akan)
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Nijar (C,U,Hausa)
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Nījē (C,U,Kashmiri)
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Nije (C,U,Ganda (Ugandan language))
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Nijeer (C,U,Fulah)
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Nijer (C,U,Azerbaijani)
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Nijer (Turkish)
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Nijer (Ido)
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Nîjer (C,U,Kurdish)
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Nijere (C,U,Luba-Katanga)
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Nijeri (C,U,Rundi)
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Nijeri (Kikuyu)
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Nijeri (Swahili (generic))
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Níxer (C,U,Asturian)
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Níxer (Galician)
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Nizëre (C,U,Sangho)
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Nizɛrɛ (C,U,Lingala)
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Nizɛri (C,U,Bambara)
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Orílẹ́ède Nàìjá (C,U,Yoruba)
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Pow Nijer (C,U,Cornish)
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Republik Niger (C,U,Low German)
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ไนเจอร์ (C,U,Thai)
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النيجر (C,U,Arabic)
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नीजे (C,U,Sanskrit)
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नीजे (Kashmiri)
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نىگېر (C,U,Uyghur)
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ნიგერი (C,U,Georgian)
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ኒጀር (C,U,Tigrinya)
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ኒጀር (Amharic)
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ניז׳ר (C,U,Hebrew )
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নাইজার (C,U,Bengali)
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Ниҷер (C,U,Tajik)
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ประเทศไนเจอร์ (C,U,Thai)
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نيجر (C,U,Arabic)
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ໄນເຈີ (C,U,Lao)
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Ніґер (C,U,Ukrainian)
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ニジェール (C,U,Japanese)
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نیجر (C,U,Persian-Farsi)
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ኒጄር (C,U,Amharic)
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Նիգեր (C,U,Armenian)
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Νίγηρ (C,U,Greek)
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នីហ្សេរ (C,U,Khmer)
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니제르 (C,U,Korean)
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நைஜர் (C,U,Tamil)
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Νίγηρας (C,U,Greek)
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Нігер (C,U,Ukrainian)
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Нігер (Belarusian)
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ניגריה (C,U,Hebrew )
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نائجر (C,U,Urdu)
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નાઇજર (C,U,Gujarati)
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नाइजर (C,U,Marathi)
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नाइजर (Hindi)
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नाइजर (Nepali)
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නයිජර් (C,U,Sinhala)
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ནའི་ཇར། (C,U,Tibetan)
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نیجەر (C,U,Kurdish)
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നൈജര് (C,U,Malayalam)
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နိုင်ဂျာ (C,U,Burmese)
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ନାଇଜର୍ (C,U,Odia)
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ニジェール共和国 (C,U,Japanese)
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ನೈಜರ್ (C,U,Kannada)
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నైజర్ (C,U,Telugu)
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Hierarchical Position: |
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Place Types: |
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nation (preferred, C) |
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gained independence in 1960 |
primary political unit (C) |
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independent sovereign nation (C) |
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republic (C) |
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initially in French Community 1958 |
former territory/colony/dependent state (C) |
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controlled region (H) |
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French, late 19th century-1960 |
territory (H) |
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French, 1946-1958 |
independent political entity (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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capital is .... |
Niamey .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Africa, Niger, Niamey) [1091792] |
member of .... |
French West Africa .......... (federation) |
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(World, Africa) [6002142] |
member of .... |
United Nations .......... (organization) |
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(World) [7029605] |
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joined organization in 1960 |
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