Top 10 Amazing Facts About Niger
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Welcome to Countries Facts neither is a country named after the Niger River in West Africa and it's mostly covered by the Sahara Desert there is a lot to learn about this beautiful country so you know what I decided to make a top 10 list and name it top 10 surprising fact about Niger I love traveling the world I love doing these list videos let me know what other place should I do next so starting off this list.
1 The stone of judgments the tongue guma stone and also is known as a traditional stone of judgment it can only be approached by certain authorized people according to the various local traditions and legends the person will ask the stone a question and it will either move towards the person if it's a positive or it will go away from them if the answer is negative moving into.
2 The niger flag their flag is perfectly square in shape and the colors orange white and green symbolizes the Sahara Desert purity and innocence and green vegetation and fruitful agricultural areas of the country now a memory Niger has 11 official languages it's true French is the most widely language spoken and it is inherited from the colonial period and served as an administrative language the other languages are mostly the ethnic and indigenous languages here I thought it was taught having you know two natural languages now coming into this list.
3 A dinosaur named Niger Soros was discovered in Niger it had a long neck and a mouth that resembled a hammerhead shark the dinosaur had up to 600 teeth that was used for grazing firm the niger asuras living during the middle of the cretaceous period which was about 115 to 105 million years ago moving right along into.
4 Frying pan Niger gets the nickname because it is one of the hottest countries in the world it can reach temperatures high enough to evaporate raindrops before it even hits the ground so it will be raining like up there but not down here Niger climate is both hot and dry and it's average temperature fluctuates from about 31 degrees Celsius to about 41 degrees Celsius throughout the entire year due to this climate there is low vegetation and not a whole lot of flora in the country which makes living conditions there to be quite extreme.
5 Brings us to Islam the dominant religion practice and niger it is practiced by more than 90% of the population christians account for less than 5% of the population while the rest of the population practiced traditional indigenous religious beliefs minimum wage comes into this list.
6 what is it well in niger the minimum wage varies for each class and category of employees the lowest minimum wage was approximately 33 dollars per month this low amount certainly cannot provide a family with a decent standard of living the legal workweek is 40 hours for most occupations however the work weeks can extend and this is a preventable explaining oh my god it work too much forty hours oh my god well their workweek it can extend to 72 hours the minimum age for employment is 14 years old and this comes into our list.
7 This is seen in the formal sector of the economy child labor persists in the informal economy and in agriculture which an area where is unhealthy environment exposed to children to hazardous substance and dangerous equipment according to the 2009 national child labor survey more than 30 percent of children.
8 Ages 5 to 17 years old are engaged in hazardous work and child labor is more prevalent in rural areas and among girls niger has the lowest human development index on earth the human develop index is a tool developed by united nations to measure and rank country's level of social and economic developments based on four criterias.
9 Those criterias are life expectancy at birth many years of schooling expected years of schooling and gross national income per capita niger has the lowest score out of any other countries meaning to have a shorter life expectancy low level of education and very poor living conditions and finally.
10 This list is slavery yes it does happen labor was declared illegal in Niger back in may of 2004 however slavery and Niger still continues to exist even to the state slavery exists and involves different ethnic groups within the country where women are particularly vulnerable it is estimated that there could be as many as 43 thousand slaves and Niger at this present moment and human trafficking has become an increasing problem in Niger as a form of modern slavery well there you guys.
It well hope you guys learned 10 things about Niger is a very interesting country it's amazing about all these countries around the world thanks so much watching this Article I'll see you guys very soon in a new most amazing Article
God Bless You.
1 The stone of judgments the tongue guma stone and also is known as a traditional stone of judgment it can only be approached by certain authorized people according to the various local traditions and legends the person will ask the stone a question and it will either move towards the person if it's a positive or it will go away from them if the answer is negative moving into.
2 The niger flag their flag is perfectly square in shape and the colors orange white and green symbolizes the Sahara Desert purity and innocence and green vegetation and fruitful agricultural areas of the country now a memory Niger has 11 official languages it's true French is the most widely language spoken and it is inherited from the colonial period and served as an administrative language the other languages are mostly the ethnic and indigenous languages here I thought it was taught having you know two natural languages now coming into this list.
3 A dinosaur named Niger Soros was discovered in Niger it had a long neck and a mouth that resembled a hammerhead shark the dinosaur had up to 600 teeth that was used for grazing firm the niger asuras living during the middle of the cretaceous period which was about 115 to 105 million years ago moving right along into.
4 Frying pan Niger gets the nickname because it is one of the hottest countries in the world it can reach temperatures high enough to evaporate raindrops before it even hits the ground so it will be raining like up there but not down here Niger climate is both hot and dry and it's average temperature fluctuates from about 31 degrees Celsius to about 41 degrees Celsius throughout the entire year due to this climate there is low vegetation and not a whole lot of flora in the country which makes living conditions there to be quite extreme.
5 Brings us to Islam the dominant religion practice and niger it is practiced by more than 90% of the population christians account for less than 5% of the population while the rest of the population practiced traditional indigenous religious beliefs minimum wage comes into this list.
6 what is it well in niger the minimum wage varies for each class and category of employees the lowest minimum wage was approximately 33 dollars per month this low amount certainly cannot provide a family with a decent standard of living the legal workweek is 40 hours for most occupations however the work weeks can extend and this is a preventable explaining oh my god it work too much forty hours oh my god well their workweek it can extend to 72 hours the minimum age for employment is 14 years old and this comes into our list.
7 This is seen in the formal sector of the economy child labor persists in the informal economy and in agriculture which an area where is unhealthy environment exposed to children to hazardous substance and dangerous equipment according to the 2009 national child labor survey more than 30 percent of children.
8 Ages 5 to 17 years old are engaged in hazardous work and child labor is more prevalent in rural areas and among girls niger has the lowest human development index on earth the human develop index is a tool developed by united nations to measure and rank country's level of social and economic developments based on four criterias.
9 Those criterias are life expectancy at birth many years of schooling expected years of schooling and gross national income per capita niger has the lowest score out of any other countries meaning to have a shorter life expectancy low level of education and very poor living conditions and finally.
10 This list is slavery yes it does happen labor was declared illegal in Niger back in may of 2004 however slavery and Niger still continues to exist even to the state slavery exists and involves different ethnic groups within the country where women are particularly vulnerable it is estimated that there could be as many as 43 thousand slaves and Niger at this present moment and human trafficking has become an increasing problem in Niger as a form of modern slavery well there you guys.
It well hope you guys learned 10 things about Niger is a very interesting country it's amazing about all these countries around the world thanks so much watching this Article I'll see you guys very soon in a new most amazing Article
God Bless You.
