Nigeria
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| Basic Facts |
| Country name |
conventional long form: Federal Republic of Nigeria
conventional short form: Nigeria |
| Gevernment type | federal republic |
| Capital |
name: Abuja
geographic coordinates: 9 12 N, 7 11 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) |
| Flag description | three equal vertical bands of green (hoist side), white, and green |
| Currency | naira (NGN) |
| Internet country code | .ng |
| Ports and terminals | Bonny Inshore Terminal, Calabar, Lagos, Port Harcourt |
| Agriculture products | cocoa, peanuts, palm oil, corn, rice, sorghum, millet, cassava (tapioca), yams, rubber; cattle, sheep, goats, pigs; timber; fish |
| Industries | crude oil, coal, tin, columbite; palm oil, peanuts, cotton, rubber, wood; hides and skins, textiles, cement and other construction materials, food products, footwear, chemicals, fertilizer, printing, ceramics, steel, small commercial ship construction and repair |
| Geography |
| Location | Western Africa, bordering the Gulf of Guinea, between Benin and Cameroon |
| Coordinates | 10 00 N, 8 00 E |
| Continent | Africa |
| Area |
total: 923,768 sq km
land: 910,768 sq km water: 13,000 sq km |
| Boundaries |
total: 4,047 km
border countries: Benin 773 km, Cameroon 1,690 km, Chad 87 km, Niger 1,497 km |
| Coastline | 853 km |
| Climate | varies; equatorial in south, tropical in center, arid in north |
| Terrain | southern lowlands merge into central hills and plateaus; mountains in southeast, plains in north |
| Natural resources | natural gas, petroleum, tin, iron ore, coal, limestone, niobium, lead, zinc, arable land |
| Natural hazards | periodic droughts; flooding |
| People |
| Population | 131,859,731
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2006 est.) |
| Ethnic groups | Nigeria, Africa's most populous country, is composed of more than 250 ethnic groups; the following are the most populous and politically influential: Hausa and Fulani 29%, Yoruba 21%, Igbo (Ibo) 18%, Ijaw 10%, Kanuri 4%, Ibibio 3.5%, Tiv 2.5% |
| Religions | Muslim 50%, Christian 40%, indigenous beliefs 10% |
| Languages | English (official), Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo (Ibo), Fulani |
