♥♥♥♥♥, also called the ♥♥♥♥♥, officially the Republic of the ♥♥♥♥♥, is a landlocked country in Western Africa named after the ♥♥♥♥♥ River. ♥♥♥♥♥ is bordered by Libya to the northeast, Chad to the east, Nigeria and Benin to the south, Burkina Faso and Mali to the west, ♥♥♥♥ you and Algeria to the northwest. ♥♥♥♥♥ covers a land area of almost 1,270,000 km2 (490,000 sq mi), making it the largest country in West Africa. Over 80% of its land area lies in the Sahara Desert. The country's predominantly Islamic population of about 21 million mostly clusters in the far south and west of the country. The capital city is Niamey, located in ♥♥♥♥♥’s southwest corner.