Niger map quiz
Explore the cities of Niger!
Quizzes in this pack
Niger: cities.
| Cities | 8 questions |
Sample questions
- Capital straddling the Niger river, with the famous Grand Mosque and National Museum
- Answer: Niamey
- Second-largest city, former capital and historic center of the Sultanate of Damagaram
- Answer: Zinder
- Third-largest city, commercial capital near the Nigerian border
- Answer: Maradi
- UNESCO-listed Saharan gateway city with a famous 27-meter mud-brick minaret
- Answer: Agadez
- Central city between the Sahel and the Sahara, major livestock trading center
- Answer: Tahoua
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Niamey
On the Niger River
Niamey was a small village on the river Niger until the French made it the capital of their colony in 1926. It has grown into the largest city in Niger, and the Niger is the third-longest river in Africa after the Nile and the Congo.
- Did you know?
- The country is named after the river
Zinder
South-central Niger
Zinder was the capital of the Sultanate of Damagaram and of colonial Niger until 1926. Its old quarter of Birni, around the sultan's palace, has mud-brick houses decorated with raised patterns, and the sultan still lives there.
- Known for
- The sultan's palace, the Birni quarter, mud architecture
Maradi
Southern Niger, near Nigeria
Maradi lies in southern Niger close to the Nigerian border and is the country's trading capital, with merchants dealing across the border in groundnuts, cloth and goods. Its sultan's palace stands in the centre.
- Known for
- Trade, groundnuts, the sultan's palace
Tahoua
Western Niger
Tahoua is a market town in western Niger, between the farmland of the south and the herding lands of the north. Its weekly cattle market draws herders from far away, and a gate shaped like crossed horns greets travellers at the edge of town.
- Known for
- The cattle market, the horn gate, onions
Dosso
South-western Niger
Dosso is a town in south-western Niger and the seat of the Djermakoye, the traditional ruler of the Zarma people, whose palace holds a small museum. Giraffes, the last wild West African giraffes, live in the bush between Dosso and Niamey.
- Known for
- The Djermakoye's palace, giraffes, the mosque
Diffa
South-eastern Niger, near Lake Chad
Diffa lies in the far south-east of Niger, on the Komadougou Yobé river near Lake Chad and the Nigerian border. The region is known for its red peppers and its dates, grown along the river in the dry Sahel.
- Known for
- Red peppers, the river, Lake Chad
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