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Niger
Niger is a country in Western Africa with its capital in Niamey.
- Capital
- Niamey
- Region
- Western Africa, Africa
- Population
- 26.3 million
- Languages
- French
- Currency
- West African CFA franc (Fr)
- Area
- 1,267,000 km²
- Borders
- 🇩🇿 Algeria 🇧🇯 Benin 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso 🇹🇩 Chad 🇱🇾 Libya 🇲🇱 Mali 🇳🇬 Nigeria
💡 Hottest country on Earth on average; 80% Sahara desert.
About the flag
The orange stripe stands for the Sahara Desert in the north and the orange circle represents the sun. The flag is almost square in shape.
How to spot it: Orange-white-green horizontal stripes with an orange disc in the middle; India’s has a blue wheel instead.
Often confused with: 🇮🇳 India 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast