A landlocked country in Western Africa, named after the Niger River. It borders Nigeria and Benin to the south, Burkina Faso and Mali to the west, Algeria and Libya to the north and Chad to the east. The capital city is Niamey. Niger is divided into 7 departments and one capital district. The departments are subdivided into 36 arrondissements and further subdivided into 129 communes.
Instance info
Synonyms
Niger
alternative term
niger
comment
LanguaL curation note: US FDA 1995 Code: NE
database cross reference
http://www.langual.org/langual_thesaurus.asp?termid=R0311
imported from
http://langual.org
Instance relations
Types