Nigeria

Map of Nigeria

Country name	Federal Republic of Nigeria
Capital	Abuja
Independence	1 October 1960 (from the UK)
National holiday	Independence Day (National Day), 1 October (1960)
Population	174,507,539 (July 2013 est.)
Sex ratio	1.06 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 0.97 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.85 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.85 male(s)/female total population: 1.01 male(s)/female (2013 est.)
Nationality	Nigerian(s)
Religions	Muslim 50%, Christian 40%, indigenous beliefs 10%
Languages	English (official), Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo (Ibo), Fulani, over 500 additional indigenous languages
Literacy	age 15 and over can read and write total population: 61.3% male: 72.1% female: 50.4% (2010 est.)
Location	Western Africa, bordering the Gulf of Guinea, between Benin and Cameroon
Geographic coordinates	10 00 N, 8 00 E
Map references	Africa
Area	total: 923,768 sq km land: 910,768 sq km water: 13,000 sq km
Area - comparative	slightly more than twice the size of California
Land boundaries	total: 4,047 km border countries: Benin 773 km, Cameroon 1,690 km, Chad 87 km, Niger 1,497 km
Coastline	853 km
Maritime claims	territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm continental shelf: 200 m depth or to the depth of exploitation
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
Elevation extremes	lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m highest point: Chappal Waddi 2,419 m
Natural resources	natural gas, petroleum, tin, iron ore, coal, limestone, niobium, lead, zinc, arable land
Land use	arable land: 33.02% permanent crops: 3.14% other: 63.84% (2005)
Irrigated land	2,930 sq km (2003)
Total renewable water resources	286.2 cu km (2003)
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural)	total: 8.01 cu km/yr (21%/10%/69%) per capita: 61 cu m/yr (2000)
Natural hazards	periodic droughts; flooding
Environment - current issues	soil degradation; rapid deforestation; urban air and water pollution; desertification; oil pollution - water, air, and soil; has suffered serious damage from oil spills; loss of arable land; rapid urbanization
Environment - international agreements	party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
Geography - note	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