N7 (Niger)

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N7 in Niger
Basic data
Operator: Republic of Niger
Start of the street: Dosso ( N1 )
End of street: Gaya (border to Benin )
Overall length: 157 km
Requirement for use: no

The N7 or RN7 is a trunk road ( French route national , "national road") in Niger , which begins in Dosso at the exit of the N1 , runs through Malgorou and ends in Gaya . After the border with Benin it merges into the RNIE2 . It is 157 kilometers long.

The N7 forms the southernmost part of the 650-kilometer Route de l'Uranium (" Uranium Road") between Arlit , the center of uranium mining in Niger , and the state border with Benin. The uranium produced is transported out of the country through them . The destination of road transport is the port of Cotonou in Benin. The Route de l'Uranium was paved between 1976 and 1980. It is maintained through contracts with the uranium mining companies.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. N7 on Google Maps, accessed November 22, 2017.
  2. Abdourahmane Idrissa, Samuel Decalo: Historical Dictionary of Niger . 4th edition. Scarecrow, Plymouth 2012, ISBN 978-0-8108-6094-0 , pp. 390 .