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Capital:
Niamey
Area:
1,267,000 sq km / 489,188 sq ml
Language:
French, Hausa, Djerma
Currency:
CFA Franc
Population:
11,058,590
Life expectancy:
45 (men), 48 (women)
Literacy rate:
40% (men), 17% (women)
Religions:
Sunni Muslim, Christian, animist
Physical features:
Desert plains between hills in the north and savanna in the south
Ethnic distribution:
Hausa mainly in central and southern regions, Djerma - Songhai in the south west, Beriberi - Manga in the east, also the nomadic Fulani and Tuareg
Exports:
Peanuts, livestock, gum arabic, uranium
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