| | Geographic Coordinates: | 16 00 N, 8 00 E | | Location: | Western Africa, southeast of Algeria | | Area: | total: 1.267 million sq km
land: 1,266,700 sq km
water: 300 sq km | | Area - comparative: | slightly less than twice the size of Texas | | Land boundaries: | total: 5,697 km
border countries: Algeria 956 km, Benin 266 km, Burkina Faso 628 km, Chad 1,175 km, Libya 354 km, Mali 821 km, Nigeria 1,497 km | | Coastline: | 0 km (landlocked) | | Terrain: | predominately desert plains and sand dunes; flat to rolling plains in south; hills in north | | Elevation extremes: | lowest point: Niger River 200 m
highest point: Mont Bagzane 2,022 m | | Capital: | 8 regions (regions, singular - region) includes 1 capital district* (communite urbaine); Agadez, Diffa, Dosso, Maradi, Niamey*, Tahoua, Tillaberi, Zinder |
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