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Area > Comparative
slightly more than twice the size of California |
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Capital city with population
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Abuja - 339,000 |
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Forested Land
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14.8% |
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[130th of 193]
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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 |
Maritime claims > Continental shelf
200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation |
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Maritime claims > Exclusive economic zone
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200 nm
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[19th of 121]
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Maritime claims > Territorial sea
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12 nm
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[135th of 190]
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Natural hazards
periodic droughts; flooding |
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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Rural population density > rural population per sq. km of arable land
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220.95 people/km² of arable lan |
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[103rd of 188]
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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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Terrain
southern lowlands merge into central hills and plateaus; mountains in southeast, plains in north |
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