Lété Island
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l-t-island-237-17951080
title:
Lété Island
text:
Lété Island is an island in the Niger River, approx. 16 kilometres long and 4 kilometres wide, located around 40 kilometres from the town of Gaya, Niger. Together with other smaller islands in the Niger River, it was the main object of a territorial dispute between Niger and Benin, which began when the two entities were still under French rule. The island, as well as seasonally flooded land around it, is valuable to semi-nomadic Puel cattle herders as a dry season pasturage. Niger and Benin alm
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Island in the Niger River on the border between Niger and Benin
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9t%C3%A9_Island
date created:
date modified:
2024-03-11T21:33:17Z
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13
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