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GeographyLocation: Western Africa, southeast of Algeria
Area: Land boundaries: total 5,697 km, Algeria 956 km, Benin 266 km, Burkina 628 km, Chad1,175 km, Libya 354 km, Mali 821 km, Nigeria 1,497 km Coastline: 0 km
PeoplePopulation: 9,280,208 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate: 3.4% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 54.8 births/1,000 population Death rate: 20.8 deaths/1,000 population Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population Infant mortality rate: 109.3 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 7.35 children born/woman Ethnic divisions: Hausa 56%, Djerma 22%, Fula 8.5%, Tuareg 8%, Beri Beri (Kanouri) 4.3%, Arab, Toubou, and Gourmantche 1.2%, about 4,000 French expatriates Religions: Muslim 80%, remainder indigenous beliefs and Christians Languages: French (official), Hausa, Djerma
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write (1988)
Government
Names:
Type: republic Capital: Niamey Independence: 3 August 1960 (from France) Constitution: approved by national referendum 16 December 1992; promulgated January1993
EconomyNational product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $4.6 billion National product real growth rate: 1.4% National product per capita: $550 Inflation rate (consumer prices): Unemployment rate:
Electricity:
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| The Mother Nature was kind to Olympic athletes and spectators. The average high temperature during the Games was 89 degrees with an average low of 72 degrees. Highest temperature registered (20 July) - 99 degrees. Lowest high temperature registered is 79 degrees (28 July). |