Zinder
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Zinder
a city in southern Niger. Population, 38,000 (1969). Zinder is a highway junction and the terminal point of the trans-Saharan Laghouat-In Salah-Zinder road. It is the trading center of an agricultural region (cereals, peanuts, leather, hides, and livestock). Zinder has a vegetable-oil extraction plant. Among the principal trades are the dressing of skins and basket-weaving. A steam power plant is located here.
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