Tag: Niger

According to Allcitycodes, Niger is a landlocked country located in West Africa with a total area of 1.267 million km2 and a population of 22 million people. The terrain consists of two main regions; the western Sahara Desert and the central Niger River Basin, as well as several mountain ranges throughout the country. The climate is mainly arid to semiarid, with high temperatures and low rainfall year round. Rainfall averages around 500 mm annually, with most rain occurring during the summer months. The area code for Niger is +227. This code is used when dialing from outside Niger to any other phone number within it. Additionally, to call a cell phone or landline inside Niger from another country you must dial 00 + 227 + area code (without 0) + telephone number. There are currently 8 area codes for different regions across Niger; Niamey (20), Maradi (30), Agadez (40) and Zinder (50). For example, to call a phone number in Niamey you would dial 00 + 227 + 20+ telephone number. Niger also has mobile networks which are operated by Orange and Moov which both use GSM networks with 3G/4G coverage available on both networks. To call a mobile device within Niger you must dial 00+227+ mobile network prefix + telephone number where the mobile network prefixes are either 7 or 9 depending on whether you are calling an Orange or Moov device respectively. Check physicscat for Niger in 2013.