Where is Niger?
Niger is a country in West Africa.
- Type
- Country
- Continent
- Africa
- Region
- West Africa
- Land borders
- 7: Algeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, Libya, Mali, Nigeria
- Coast
- None. Niger is landlocked.
- Area
- About 1.2 million km² on the game’s map
- Hemispheres
- Northern; Eastern
- Capital city
- 13.50° N, 2.10° E
About Niger
Niger is a landlocked West African country with its capital at Niamey. More than 80% of its territory lies in the Sahara. Its cultural traditions include Wodaabe courtship festivals and Tuareg seasonal gatherings.
Clues from Atlas Daily
Round 4 on 6 October 2026 (#35), hardest clue first:
- Stone tools from its northern Agadez Region reach back about 280,000 years.
- A National Sovereign Conference brought multiparty democracy to this country in 1991.
- This country became a distinct colony within French West Africa in 1922.
- This landlocked country sits on West Africa's boundary between the Sahara and the sub-Saharan regions.
Nearby places from past puzzles
- Burkina Faso 410 km away
- Timbuktu 660 km away
- Nigeria 770 km away
- Togo 820 km away
- Ghana 910 km away
- Côte d’Ivoire 1,100 km away
- Mali 1,100 km away
- Chad 1,400 km away
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Sources: Wikipedia: Niger. Borders, area and map from Natural Earth 1:50m outlines, the same ones the game uses.