Republic of Niger

• Area: 1,186,408 sq km.  Sahara desert in center and north. Only the southwest and a narrow strip along the Nigerian border in the south are savannah grasslands.
• Population: 15,891,482
• Annual Growth: 3.94%
• Capital: Niamey
• Urbanites: 16.7%
• Human Development Index Rank 2010: 167 of 169 (UN Human Development Reports 2010)
• Peoples: 38
• Official language: French. Language of wider communication is Hausa
• Languages: 21
• Largest Religion: Muslim

informative links

CIA Fact Sheet

National Geographic

Operation World

World Vision Info Page

missions, ministries, and organizations

working in Niger

(this is not a comprehensive list)

• Sahel Academy
• SIM
• Teach Beyond
• Impact Niger
• Niger Vocational Training Centre
• Iternational Mission Board
• HausaPeople.net
• Evangelical Baptist Mission
• Samaritan’s Purse
• Assemblies of God World Missions
• ADRA
• Hosanna church
• Remar Orphanage
• Orphanage le Bon Samaritain
• The LINK
• CSEN orphanage
• ACEN Church
• Cure Hospital
• Worldwide Fistula Fund (Niger Fistula Hospital)
• World Vision
• CARE
• Unicef
• Save the Children
• Catholic Relief Services
• Friends of Niger
• World Horizons