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In this brief video you can find seven little known facts about Niger.

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1. Niger is a landlocked country in Western Africa, named after the Niger River. The Niger has one of the most unusual routes of any of the major rivers in the world. It starts approximately 240 km from the Atlantic Ocean. Instead of flowing to the nearby Atlantic Ocean it instead heads inland, away from the sea into the Sahara Desert.

2. The country of Niger is one of the hottest countries in the world and is famously nicknamed as ‘Frying Pan of the World’. It can get hot enough to make raindrops evaporate before they hit the ground. Niger possesses a sub-tropical climate, with the majority of the land mass dominated by an arid, desert environment, making the country hot and dry.

3. Niger is home to one of the world’s largest protected reserves, the Air and Tenere Natural Reserves, which is the refuge for animals like addax, Cheetah, Oryx and the gazelle. The entire reserve covers 77,360 km2, which made it the second largest nature reserve in Africa, and the fourth largest in the world.

4. Tuareg and Inadan men wear veils. Although the Tuaregs are Muslim the women do not cover their faces. The Tuareg are best known for the men’s practice of veiling their faces with a blue cloth dyed with indigo. Early travelers’ accounts often referred to them as the “Blue Men” of the Sahara Desert, the region where many Tuareg live.

5. Tree of Ténéré is a sculpture in Agadez. The metal sculpture in the site where was standing lonely tree, reportedly – the loneliest tree in the world. This Acacia was standing 400 km from the nearest tree until it was knocked down by a car in 1973.

6. There are several old cities, towns and villages in the country with well-preserved traditional architecture. Some are abandoned such as Djado and Djaba and now are exotic ruins in the middle of desert. Others are alive such as Agadez, Fachi, and Zinder and to outsider may look like living open-air museums.

7. Gobero site in Agadez is the oldest known graveyard in the Sahara, was used already circa 8,000 BC. Here have been found remnants of extinct animals, human remains and many interesting artefacts. Site was inhabited for some 5 thousand years.

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