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African project
General Hospital of Niger – Niger
he Republic of Niger is a landlocked country in Western Africa
with over 80 percent of its land area covered by the Sahara Desert.
Niger’s subtropical climate is extremely hot and dry with annual
average temperature up to 35 centigrade. The rainy season is from
July through September. The rest of the seasons are dry seasons
and its annual precipitation is low. Niamey is the capital of Niger
and the centre of politics, economy and culture. The population of
Niamey is about 1 million and Islam is the dominant religion.
The project is committed by the Chinese and Niger governments,
aiming to build a large scale general public hospital together in order to
improve and upgrade the local medical facilities.
The site is located in a wide flat sandy tract around 7km at the northern side
of the centre of Niamey city. This is the a developing dwell area with weak
infrastructure. Local people expect a new hospital could upgrade their living
conditions.
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