Niger, Niamey and the basics for getting your bearings
Niger is in West Africa and has no coastline. Niamey, French and the West African CFA franc offer a few starting points for situating the country.
Read guide →Niamey
Niamey is Niger’s capital, located in the southwest of the country. The cited official advisories also identify risks in the city and advise postponing tourist travel.
The place
What makes it special
- Capital of Niger
- Located in the southwest of the country
Travel atlas
2 articlesArticles in Niamey
Guides to this place
If the map does not load, all guides remain available in this list.
journal.travel Editorial
Guides to this place
2 related guides
Sources and references
This profile summarises our destination guides. Their research sources and the geographical reference are listed below.
- travel.state.gov
- travel.state.gov
- travel.state.gov
- www.diplomatie.gouv.fr
- www.diplomatie.gouv.fr
- www.diplomatie.gouv.fr
- www.gov.uk
- travel.state.gov
- Níger · Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · Wikidata · Q1032
- Níger · Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · Wikidata · Q503932
- Níger · Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · Wikidata · Q3542
- Niger · Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · Wikidata · Q1967934
- Niger · World Countries — mledoze · ODbL 1.0 · World countries dataset by mledoze and contributors · ODbL 1.0
- Niger · World Bank Open Data · CC BY 4.0 · World Bank
- Niamey · GeoNames · Datos geográficos bajo CC BY 4.0; requiere atribución a GeoNames. · Fuente: GeoNames
- Niamey · GeoNames · Datos geográficos bajo CC BY 4.0; requiere atribución a GeoNames. · Fuente: GeoNames
- Niamey, Kollo, Niger · OpenStreetMap · ODbL 1.0; atribución y obligación de compartir bases derivadas. · Fuente: OpenStreetMap
- Diori Hamani International Airport · OpenFlights · ODbL 1.0 (base de datos) / DbCL 1.0 (contenidos) · Diori Hamani International Airport · OpenFlights · ODbL 1.0
- Niamey · Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · Wikidata · Q3674
- Place identification and coordinates
Profile updated: 29/09/2026