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Nigeria
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10° N / 8° ETHE WORLD, ONE COUNTRY AT A TIME
- Capital
- Abuja
- Population
- 232,679,478 2024
- Area
- 923,768 km² (year unavailable)
- Languages source-listed
- English
- Currency
- Nigerian naira (NGN)
- Geography
- Coastal country
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Sources & limitations.
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FROM THE TRAVEL GUIDE · Nigeria
Nigeria (Hausa: Najeriya, Igbo: Naíjíríà, Nigerian Pidgin: Naijá, Tyap: Naijeriya, Yoruba: Nàìjíríà) is a large country in equatorial West Africa, the most populous country of the continent.
Excerpts from Wikivoyage contributors, revision 2026-08-26. CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected excerpts; wiki formatting removed; omissions marked […]. Guide wording and any figures belong to this dated source; they do not replace the atlas statistics above. Food descriptions are not official national-dish designations.
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- National flower
- Not yet verified
- Official national dish
- Not yet verified
- Representative food
- Not yet verified
- Subregion
- Western Africa
- Calling code
- +234
- Internet domain
- .ng
- Land border codes
- BEN, CMR, TCD, NER
Quick facts
- Traffic keeps to the right side of the road. Source ↗
- The country-code web domain is .ng. Source ↗
- The source lists monday as the start of the week. Source ↗
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Source-matched September 26, 2026; not live data. Sources & limitations.