Populated places in Niger

Niamey () is the capital and largest city of Niger. It is in the western part of the country, surrounded by the Tillabéri Region. Niamey lies on the Niger River, primarily situated on the river's left bank (east side). The capital of Niger since the colonial era, Niamey is an ethnically diverse city and the country's main economic centre.

Zinder (locally, Damagaram), formerly also spelled Sinder, is the third largest city in Niger, with a population of 235,605 as by the 2012 census. It is situated east of the capital Niamey and north of the Nigerian city of Kano.

city in Niger

Tahoua is a city in Niger and the administrative centre of the Department of Tahoua and the larger Tahoua Region. It is the fourth largest town in the country, with a population of 117,826 (2012 Census).

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Ayourou (or Ayorou or Ayerou) is a town and rural commune in the Tillabéri Region, in western Niger. It is situated 208 km northwest of the capital Niamey near the Malian border. The old town stands on an eponymous island in the River Niger. It is known for its animal market and for wildlife including hippopotamuses and birds.

rural commune in Niger

Matameye is a town and urban commune, administrative centre of the Matameye Department in Niger, with a total population of 64,988 as of 2012 with 27,615 living in the town. In 2005 a road was completed from Matameye to Takieta. Since 2011 many people have moved to Matameye from Tânout and Gouré because of the food crisis, in search for better harvests, abandoning their homes and schools.

urban commune in Niger

right|thumb|300px|Map of the southern Aïr Mountains. Assodé was a town in the Aïr Mountains in what is now northern Niger. Founded around the eleventh century, it was long the most important Tuareg town, benefiting from trans-Saharan trade, and declining with it from the eighteenth century. It was abandoned soon after being sacked by the Tuareg forces during the Kaocen revolt of 1917, although many of its buildings are still reasonably well preserved. It remains a tourist destination.

Assamakka is a small desert town in northern Niger at a main border crossing with Algeria. It is the only official crossing point between the two nations. Assamakka shares the border with the larger town of In Guezzam 10 km on the Algerian side. A main road extends north in Algeria to Tamanrasset, 400 km away. Assamakka is connected to the town of Arlit, 200 km to the south by a road which remains in largely a sand "Piste". From Arlit, the "Uranium Highway", a tarred road built in the 1970s for mining trucks, travels south to Agadez and Niamey.

Séguédine is a town in central eastern Niger, lying at the far northern tip of the Kaouar escarpment, an inhabited oasis in the midst of the Sahara Desert. It is a Commune of Bilma Department, Agadez Region.

thumb|upright|Aerial view of the fort of Madama, November 2014 Madama is a border settlement on the northeast frontier of Niger. Little more than an army post, the settlement serves as a frontier station controlling travel between Niger and Libya. It is also the site of a former French colonial fort, built in 1931. The fort is now surrounded by barbed wire and a field of landmines. thumb|View on Fort Madama from the North, June 2017

village in Niger

Sinegodar is a village in the Tillabéri Region, Niger. It is located near the border with Mali.

village in Niger

Galmi, Niger, is a village of about 8,000–10,000 residents. It is located east of Niamey on the east–west highway between Birnin Konni and Maradi. It is on the southern edge of the Sahara Desert is thus an arid area with a dry, rocky landscape.

thumb|Main road in Tondibia (2018). Tondibia is a village in Niger, north west of Niamey. At the 2012 census, it had 2,539 inhabitants.

Soudouré is a village in western Niger. It is located along the Niger River northwest of the capital city, Niamey. It is located in the Niamey Capital District.

Tchintoulous (also written as Tintellust and Tin Telloust) is a village in the Arlit Department of the Agadez Region of northern-central Niger.

military outpost in Niger

Takiéta is a town in south central Niger, in Mirriah Department, Zinder Region. It lies along the Route Nationale 1 (Niger), the nation's primary east-west highway, roughly halfway between Zinder and Tessaoua.

town in Tillaberi Region, Niger

village in Niger

Aguelal is a human settlement in the Arlit Department of the Agadez Region of northern-central Niger.

quarter of Arlit, Niger

village in Niger

right|thumb|300px|Map of the southern Aïr Mountains Aouderas (alt: Adharous, Auderas) is an oasis village in the Aïr Mountains of northeastern Niger, about north-northeast of the regional capital of Agadez. It is also the name of the valley in which the town is located.

Sabonga is a town of about 10,000 people in Birni-N'Konni Department, Tahoua Region, Niger.