Samoa and Niger Join the Parade of Nations as the 200th and 201st Flags with PhilosFX

Just minutes ago, I wrote a little teaser wondering which country would be the 200th to provide a unique visitor to the pages of PhilosFX. Turns out, the question was being answered as I wrote it! 

We just learned that two more country flags have been added to the PhilosFX flag counter. Please welcome Samoa and Niger to the Parade of Nations! 

Samoa

Samoa is a Pacific Island nation located about 1400 miles east of Vanuatu, the 199th country to provide a unique visitor.

According to legend, Samoa is known as the “Cradle of Polynesia” because Savai‘i island is said to be Hawaiki, the Polynesian homeland. Samoan culture is undoubtedly central to Polynesian life, and its styles of music, dance, and visual art have gained renown throughout the Pacific islands and the world.

More information about tropical paradise Samoa is available here.

Niger

Niger, officially the Republic of the Niger, is a landlocked country in West Africa named after the Niger River. Niger is bordered by Libya to the northeast, Chad to the east, Nigeria to the south, Benin to the southwest, Burkina Faso and Mali to the west, and Algeria to the northwest (Wikipedia). The capital city is Niamey According to World Bank, the population of Niger is 21.48 million (2017).

In 1960, Niger obtained independence from France. Despite the fact that the country has some of the world's largest uranium deposits, Niger is one of the world's least-developed and poorest countries in the world, A landlocked sub-Saharan nation, Niger's economy centers on subsistence crops and livestock. Most of the population, commerce, trade, and tourism is found along the Niger river.  

Did our visitor discover PhilosFX from the Cybercafé at the University of Niamey? More information about things to see and do in Niger is here.

More information about the global reach of PhilosFX is here.

On to #202!