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Nigeria is located in west Africa between
longitude 2-15 East of the meridian and latitude
4-14 North of the equator. The landmass is
923,768 square kilometer, 98.59 percent is
land area while, 1.41 percent is water. It has a
typical tropical climate at the coast,
sub-tropics for the inlands and has 2 clearly
defined seasons - the raining season ( April -
October) and the dry season (November - March).
The country is divided into three regions by the
river Niger and it's tributary and the Benue. It
is richly blessed with abundant natural
resources which includes petroleum, natural gas,
iron, tin, limestone, a lot of arable land and
more.
Nigeria has 36 states,
one federal capital territory and is the
most populous country in Africa. It has an estimated population of 140,003,542 people, with male preponderance, based on the 2006 population census.
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