Nigeria Country Info - Africa

Description and Basic Information

Nigeria with its capital Abuja is located in Africa (Western Africa, bordering the Gulf of Guinea). It covers some 923,769 square kilometres (slightly more than twice the size of California) with 138,283,000 citizens. English, Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo and Fulah are the languages used by people in Nigeria (consider regional differences). Chad, Niger, Benin and Cameroon are bordering countries.

Nigeria is a country in equatorial West Africa. It is the continent's most populous nation. There are many types of traditional cuisine to enjoy. For example: afang soup, okra soup, owo soup and starch in the Niger Delta, plantain (fried, boiled, roasted), pepper soup, amala, eba, efo, pounded yam (iyan - Yoruba for pounded yam pronounce ee-yarn ), jollof rice, ground nut soup, ogbono soup, isi ewu (goat's head stew), egusi soup, suya (kebab), moin moin, ewedu, gbegiri soup (beans soup), edikangikong, ground-rice, puff-puff, chin chin, ikokore, owerri soup (ofe owerri), which is the most expensive African soup in Nigeria.

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About Nigeria

The topography features southern lowlands merge into central hills and plateaus with mountains in southeast, plains in north. The average density of population is about 149 per km². The climate in Nigeria can be described as varies with equatorial in south, tropical in center, arid in north. Potential natural disasters are periodic droughts or flooding.

To reach someone in Nigeria dial +234 prior to a number. There are 1,419,000 installed telephones. And there are 73,099,000 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 900, 1800 Mhz. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".ng". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 240V - 50Hz. The following list are the 37 regions/states in Nigeria we know off.

Demographic Statistics

In the year 2010, the total Nigerian population grew at a rate of 1.97% (or by 2,992,593 citizens). With 2,482,665 deaths and 5,490,479 babies born, the natural increase rate lies at 1.98%. -15,222 persons more in total emmigrated from the country than immigrated.

An overview of age distribution in Nigeria: Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.

Based on content from wikitravel.org. The original article can be found here based on the work of these users.
Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.