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Required travel documents for Niger

Required travel documents for Niger: passport [...]

Electric power

Electric power: 220V / 50 Hz [...]

Area code to Niger

Area code to Niger: +227 [...]

National holidays

The U.S. Embassy is closed on the following official Nigerien holidays; shops and businesses also may be closed.
New Year's Day -- January 1
Id-al-Fitr (End of Ramadan)* -- March
Easter Monday* -- April
Niger Labor Day -- May 1
Ad-Al-Adha/ [...]

Tourist attractions

These include the wildlife parks at Park W, Boubon Island recreation area in the Niger River near Niamey, the area of Say near the Benin border, and Diffa on Lake Chad. Historic sites include Tahoua; Agadez, with its 16th century mosque; ruins of the Soko [...]

Telecommunications

Niamey has telephone, telegraph, and fax facilities. Calls to the U.S. may be made at any time, but quality of reception varies. Niamey is 6 hours ahead of eastern standard time (5 hours when the east coast is on daylight savings time). Niger does not obs [...]

Health

Check latest information on required immunizations. Suggested immunizations are yellow fever, tetanus, typhoid, and polio. Malaria suppressants and gamma globulin are recommended. Although Niamey has a filtering plant, water is not potable and should be f [...]

Currency, weights, and measures

Local currency is the CFA franc, presently exchanged at 575 CFA francs=US$1. The same currency is used throughout most of former French West Africa. Metric weights and measures are used. Temperatures are in centigrade. [...]

Transportation in Niger

Railways: 0 km Highways: total: 10,100 km paved: 798 km unpaved: 9,302 km (1996 est.) Waterways: the Niger is navigable 300 km from Niamey to Gaya on the Benin frontier from mid-December through March Ports and harbors: none Airports: 27 (1 [...]

Communications in Niger

Telephones - main lines in use: 13,000 (1995) Telephones - mobile cellular: 0 (1995) Telephone system: small system of wire, radiotelephone communications, and microwave radio relay links concentrated in southwestern area domestic: wire, radiotelep [...]