Say, Niger

Say, Niger

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Say is a town in southwest Niger, situated on the Niger River. It is the capital of the Say Department in the Tillabéri Region. The municipality has 12,000 inhabitants, and its economy is dominated by agriculture, herding and small trade.

Overview

The town houses the Islamic University of Niger ("Université Islamique de Say"), an institute of international scope, whose founding was decided following a meeting of the Organization of the Islamic Conference in 1974, but that actually opened only in 1986. It had, in 1996, 400 students that pay fees much lower than those of the University of Niamey. [http://www.ibe.unesco.org/countries/countryDossier/natrep96/niger96.pdf] In Say there is also a forty-year-old College of Secondary Education ("Collège d'enseignement secondaire"), with nine teachers and 675 students. [http://www.equipop.org/fr/espace_jeune/espace_jeune_liens/change_de_regards/carte_liens/page_ecole/niger_say.html]

Mining

Say is the location of some potential iron ore mines with reserves of about 650MT. [ http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/35/42/38992286.pdf ] [ http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Africa/Niger-MINING.html ]

Transport

An extension of the railway from Benin to Niamey is proposed which would serve the iron ore mines at Say.

See also

* Iron ore in Africa

References

* [http://www.fallingrain.com/world/NG/9/Say.htmlv FallingRain Map - elevation = 157m]


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