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Timeline of Niamey

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 29, 2026
Entity authorityQ39086327 ↗
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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Niamey, Niger.

20th century

1902

Village designated seat of administrative cercle of Djerma.

French school opens.

1922 - Administrative cercle of Niamey created.

1926 - Seat of French colonial Colonie du Niger relocated to Niamey from Zinder "in order to facilitate trade with other French colonies along the Niger River."

1931 - Jules Brevie Hospital established.

1932 - Catholic church built.

1937 - "Urban Development Plan" created.

1942 - Roman Catholic diocese of Niamey established.

1953

Le Niger newspaper begins publication.

Archives Nationales du Niger headquartered in Niamey.

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This entry incorporates text from “Timeline of Niamey” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.