Niger, Niamey and the basics for getting your bearings
Niger is in West Africa and has no coastline. Niamey, French and the West African CFA franc offer a few starting points for situating the country.
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Niamey, Niger’s capital in the country’s southwest, is a point of reference for locating the country. The cited travel advisories also warn of risks in the capital and recommend postponing tourist trips.
The place
What makes it special
- It is Niger’s capital, in the southwest of the country.
- The cited travel advisories include warnings about risks in the capital itself.
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Sources and references
This profile summarises our destination guides. Their research sources and the geographical reference are listed below.
- travel.state.gov
- travel.state.gov
- travel.state.gov
- www.diplomatie.gouv.fr
- www.diplomatie.gouv.fr
- www.diplomatie.gouv.fr
- www.gov.uk
- travel.state.gov
- Níger · Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · Wikidata · Q1032
- Níger · Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · Wikidata · Q503932
- Níger · Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · Wikidata · Q3542
- Niger · Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · Wikidata · Q1967934
- Niger · World Countries — mledoze · ODbL 1.0 · World countries dataset by mledoze and contributors · ODbL 1.0
- Niger · World Bank Open Data · CC BY 4.0 · World Bank
- Niamey · GeoNames · Datos geográficos bajo CC BY 4.0; requiere atribución a GeoNames. · Fuente: GeoNames
- Niamey · GeoNames · Datos geográficos bajo CC BY 4.0; requiere atribución a GeoNames. · Fuente: GeoNames
- Niamey, Kollo, Niger · OpenStreetMap · ODbL 1.0; atribución y obligación de compartir bases derivadas. · Fuente: OpenStreetMap
- Diori Hamani International Airport · OpenFlights · ODbL 1.0 (base de datos) / DbCL 1.0 (contenidos) · Diori Hamani International Airport · OpenFlights · ODbL 1.0
- Niamey · Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · Wikidata · Q3674
- Place identification and coordinates
Profile updated: 08/10/2026