Nigeria: all about this country and its main places!

General Information About Nigeria

Geography

People from this country speak these languages: English. The capital of this country is Abuja and the country has a border with Benin, Cameroon, Chad, Niger. Country territory measures 923,768 km², they use a postcode system and the main cities are: Lagos, Jos, Abuja, Port Harcourt, Ikeja.

Economy

In 2021 the GDP was $440,833,583,992 USD, which ranks it number 30 in the world. The currency symbol is ₦, and the ISO code for that currency is NGN.

Culture

There are UNESCO listed sites in this country: Sukur Cultural Landscape, Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove. Well known national dishes are: Jollof rice.

Population

This country represents 2.51% of the world's population with about 186,987,000 individuals. With a birth growth rate at 3.66%, the median age is 14.80 years.

Education

This nation has a number of interesting universities, including University of Ibadan, University of Nigeria, University of Lagos, Ahmadu Bello University. The inhabitants attend school for 6 years (tertiary education included).

Good to know

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigeria is a good place to find out more details on this country. Phone numbers start with +234, the ISO code is NG, the domain name ".ng" is used by the country's websites

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