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 Nigeria Facts and Figures
  Source: CIA World Factbook
Coordinates 10 00 N, 8 00 E
Area total: 923,768 sq km land: 910,768 sq km water: 13,000 sq 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
Population 135,031,164 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 2007 est.)
Languages English (official), Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo (Ibo), Fulani
Imports machinery, chemicals, transport equipment, manufactured goods, food and live animals
Exports petroleum and petroleum products 95%, cocoa, rubber
Hazards periodic droughts; flooding
Resources natural gas, petroleum, tin, iron ore, coal, limestone, niobium, lead, zinc, arable land
Geography the Niger enters the country in the northwest and flows southward through tropical rain forests and swamps to its delta in the Gulf of Guinea
Nationality noun: Nigerian(s) adjective: Nigerian
Capital name: Abuja geographic coordinates: 9 12 N, 7 11 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
Internet Country Code .ng
Internet Users 5 million (2005)
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