Niari Department

{{short description|Department of the Republic of the Congo}}

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| native_name = Niadi

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| seat_type = Capital

| seat = Dolisie

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| population_total = 334863

| population_as_of = 2023 census

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| blank_name_sec1 = HDI (2018)

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Niari (can also be written as Niadi{{cite journal|url= https://www.persee.fr/doc/globe_0398-3412_1885_num_24_1_4668_t1_0057_0000_2 |language=fr|title= Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society (de Londres) |author= M., A. |journal= Le Globe. Revue genevoise de géographie |year=1885 |volume=24 |issue=1 |pages=57–60 |access-date=5 January 2021}}) is a department of the Republic of the Congo in the western part of the country. It borders the departments of Bouenza, Kouilou, and Lékoumou, and internationally, Gabon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the Cabinda portion of Angola. The regional capital is Dolisie.

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