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  1. Date of Independence: August 3, 1960 (from France)
  2. Date of Current Constitution: January 1993
  3. Population: 9,962,242 (1999 est.)
  4. Area: 496,900 sq. mi.
  5. Capital: Niamey
  6. Form of Government: republic
  7. Natural Resources: uranium, coal, iron ore, tin, phosphates
  8. Main Industries: cement, brick, textiles, food processing, chemicals, meatpacking, mining
  9. Agriculture: black-eyed peas, cotton, peanuts, millet (grain), sorghum (grain), cassava (edible root), rice, cattle, sheep, goats
  10. Currency: Communaute Financi√®re Africaine (CFA) franc
  11. GDP: $9.4 billion (1998 est.)
  12. GDP per Capita: $970 (1998 est.)
  13. Languages: French (official), Hausa, Djerma
  14. Religions: Islam, traditional African belief systems, Christianity
  15. Literacy Rate: 14% 
  16. Life Expectancy:    42 years (male)
  17.                 42 years (female)
  18. Birthrate: 52 births per 1,000 population
  19. Death Rate: 23 deaths per 1,000 population