Niamey
Niamey, the capital of Niger, is a calm, fairly modern city of around 1.3 million (2020) on the banks of the Niger River surrounded by the Tillaberi region in the far southwest of Niger. Wikivoyage
Population 1,496,260 (Wikidata)
Before you go
Getting there
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Still gathering the markets around Niamey. I'll let you know here when it's all in — or open the live guide.
Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide- Place Djibo Bakary Monument · 920 m
- Nelson Mandela Memorial · 810 m
- Statut de Mahatma Ghandi Memorial · 830 m
- Square Damouré Zika Memorial · 840 m
- Place de la Francophonie Memorial · 980 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Somewhere to run
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 9 October 2026. Description from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.
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