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•Size of country in square miles (compare it to the United States) r Area, sq. km.: 1,267,000 •Population density in people per square mile (compare it to the United States) Niger's population of 15.87 million is growing by 3.7 percent annually. Roughly 83 percent of Nigeriens live in rural areas. Niamey is the capital and largest city. About 56 percent of the population is Hausa. Other major groups include the Djerma (22 percent), Fulani (9), Tuareg (8), Kanouri (4), Toubou, and Gourmantche. The Hausa population is centered around the city of Zinder, although Hausaland stretches east nearly to Lake Chad and west nearly to Dosso. Djermas live mostly in the west, from Dosso to the coast. The Fulani and Tuareg tend to be seminomadic, though many Tuaregs can be found near Agadez and throughout the north.

•Gross Domestic Product per capita (explain what “GDP per capita” means and how your

country relates to the United States’ GDP per capita) •Political and physical map of your country





•Image of their flag (and any significance of the symbols, colors, etc.)



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Click on a category heading to sort the table by that category, lowest to highest. Click on the heading again to sort highest to lowest. Nation Region Area (square miles) Population Real GDP (per capita)* Internet users (per 1,000 people) Cellular telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Telephone landlines (per 1,000 people) Literacy (male) Literacy (female) Daily calorie consumption (per capita) Infant mortality (per 1,000 births) Life expectancy (male) Life expectancy (female) Doctors (per 100,000 people) Maternal mortality (per 100,000 live births) Probability of not surviving to age 40

Niger Africa (Sub-Saharan Africa, West Africa) 489,191 15,878,271 $627 2 21 2 43% 15% 2,160 117 50 52 2 1,800 29% United States of America Americas (North America) 3,794,100 310,232,863 $45,592 630 680 606 99% 99% 3,774 6 77 81 256 11 4% *U.S. Dollars

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•Life expectancy (compare it to the United States) •Birth rate51.08 births/1,000 population (2010 est.) (compare it to the United States)

•Infant mortality rate (compare it to the United States) 14.47 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) •Language(s) spoken French is the official language, but only about 10 percent of Nigeriens speak it. Hausa is the primary language for communication between ethnic groups in the east. In the west, Djerma and French serve this purpose. Ten languages have official recognition in Niger: Arabic, Boudouma, Djerma, Fulfulde, Gourmantchema, Hausa, Kanouri, Tamachek, Tasawak, and Toubou. Many people are multilingual.

•Monetary Unit •Type of Government (and explain what this means and how it is different from the United States) the voting age is 18 in Niger and in the united states it is and the central government make most of the decisions in Niger and in the united states the constitional aemocracy runs the unitied states

•Political Leader Niger's president is head of state. The president and members of the 113-seat National Assembly are elected to five-year terms. Appointed by the president, the prime minister (currently Mahamadou Danda) is head of government. The voting age is 18. Men and women stand in separate lines; a husband may cast his wife's vote if she wishes. Most large cities, including Zinder, Tahoua, and Agadez, have sultans who hold office based on lineage. Villages often have a chief who is chosen by birth and ability. The central government ultimately makes most decisions, but on the local level, the word of a sultan or chief carries great weight. Disputes are often resolved by going to a respected elder or chief. Villages have leaders for neighborhoods (in large villages), women, young men, the fields, and so on.

•Religions practiced More than 90 percent of Nigeriens are Muslim. They believe Muhammad was the last and greatest of history's prophets. The Qur'an (Koran), or scripture of Islam, is composed of revelations from Allah (God) to Muhammad. Muslims show devotion by following the Five Pillars of Islam: praying five times daily while facing Makkah, Saudi Arabia, giving money to the poor, fasting during daylight hours for the month of Ramadan (Azumi in Hausa), professing there is no God but Allah, and trying to make a pilgrimage (hajj) to Makkah once in a lifetime. Men and sometimes women dress in white to visit a mosque on Friday afternoon to pray and worship. Women who go to mosque (usually elderly women) pray in a different area, but most pray at home or in the fields. Hausaland and the east are more conservative than the west. Children memorize Arabic verses written with charcoal on wooden boards at local Qur'anic (Koranic) schools. Islam plays a key role in major life events such as naming ceremonies (for seven-day-old babies) and funerals. Animist practices are often mixed with Islamic rites. A few cities have Christian churches.

•Literacy Rate (compare it to the United States) •Economic Summary (can include natural resources, trading partners, types of industry, etc.) •Brief history (DO NOT copy and paste…use your own words!).

•A color-coded paragraph that compares and contrasts three ways in which life would similar and three ways life would be different living in your country as compared to the United States. Be specific. •A list of 10 other webpages that you critiqued. List two specific things they did well and one suggestion for improvement. Advanced

•Includes all features of “Proficient.” •Link to a Google Earth flyover of major physical and political features. •Addition of interesting facts, charts, graphs, and current events that add relevant information about your country. •Above-average care taken in building an accurate and appealing webpage.