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Area > Comparative
slightly more than twice the size of California |
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Area > Land
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910,768 sq km |
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[31st of 238]
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Area > Total
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923,768 sq km |
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[38th of 250]
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Capital city with population
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Abuja - 339,000 |
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Climate
varies; equatorial in south, tropical in center, arid in north |
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Forested Land
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14.8% |
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[130th of 193]
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Geographic coordinates
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10 00 N, 8 00 E |
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Land boundaries > Border countries
Benin 773 km, Cameroon 1,690 km, Chad 87 km, Niger 1,497 km |
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Land use > Arable land
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33.02% |
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[19th of 258]
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Largest city
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Lagos |
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Largest city population
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10,287,000 |
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[8th of 174]
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Largest city with population
Lagos - (est. 10,000,000 to 15,000,000) |
Location
Western Africa, bordering the Gulf of Guinea, between Benin and Cameroon |
Map references
Africa |
Natural resources
natural gas, petroleum, tin, iron ore, coal, limestone, niobium, lead, zinc, arable land |
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Population density
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124.98 people per sqkm |
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[82nd of 256]
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Population density > people per sq. km
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144.42 people/m²
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[59th of 204]
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Precipitation
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1,507 mm |
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[15th of 95]
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Surface area > sq. km
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923,770 km²
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[31st of 206]
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tallest mountains > Mountain
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Chappal Waddi |
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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook, City Population, CIA World Factbook, World Gazetteer, Official government websites.; FAO; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; Heal The World Foundation.; World Development Indicators database; Wikipedia: List of tallest mountains by country
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Nigeria, Federal Republic of Nigeria
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