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Niger
Title: Niger
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 457 | Pages: 1.9 (approximately 235 words/page)
Niger
Niger
Language Spoken
French is the official national language, but it is spoken by only a small minority of the people. The Various ethnic groups use their own local languages, and Hausa is spoken all over the country as the language of trade.
Population
According to the 1988 census, the population of Niger was 725,383. By 1994, it had risen to an estimated 9,031,163. A population of 10,640,000 is projected for the year 2000. Only about 200,000 people live in the Northern …showed first 75 words of 457 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 457 total…at Gao. In the mid-19th century the Mandingo state headed by Samory Touré and the Tukolor Empire of Umar al-Hajj arose in the upper Niger Basin; both were conquered by the French at the end of the century.
Transportation
They have no railways the highways total about 10,100 Km. Only 798 Km of the highway is paved and 9,302 is unpaved. They have no ports or harbors. They have a to of 9 airports paved and 18 airports unpaved.
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