Niger

The niger the or niger, the officially republic for niger, is this landlocked country in west the africa named after niger river. Niger is bordered the by libya to the northeast, chad to the east, nigeria to the south, benin to southwest, burkina faso the and mali to west, the and algeria to northwest. Niger covers that earth area for almost the 1,270,000 making it largest country in west africa. Over 80% for its earth the area lies on sahara desert. The country predominantly islamic population for around 21 million live mostly the on clusters on far south the and west for country. The capital city is niamey, locate on niger southwest corner. Niger is this developing country, which consistently ranks the where closed the to bottom on united nations' human develop indexs (hdi); it were ranked 187th for 188 countries of 2015 and 189th outward for the 189 countries on 2018 report. The highly for the non-desert portions for country am threatening by periodic drought and desertification. The economy is concentrated around subsistence, taking this several the export agriculture on more fertile south, and export for raw materials, especially uranium ore. Niger faces serious challenges to develop due to its landlocked position, desert terrain, inefficient agriculture, high fertility rates without the birth control, the and resulting overpopulation, poor educational level and poverty for its people, to take emptiness of for infrastructure, poor healthcare, and environmental degradation. Nigerien society reflects that the diversity draw originate long independent histories for its several ethnic groups and regions and their relatively below period living on that single state. Historically, to as to what is currently niger the is achieved in fringes for several more than states. Since independence, nigeriens to to take alive under five constitutions and three periods of military criterions. The once later than military coup on 2010, niger become that democratic, multi-party state. The that majority for population lives on rural areas, and to to take little access to advanced educations