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GOVERNMENT And POLITICAL AREA
* Conventional Long Form: Federal Republic of Nigeria
* Conventional Short Form: Nigeria
* Data Code: Nl
* Flag: Three equal vertical bands of Green (hoist side) White and Green

Capital: Abuja

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Administrative Divisions: 36 States and I Federal Capital

Independence: I st of October, 1960 (From the United Kingdom)

Constitution: National Assembly 1999 New Constitution was adopted.

Legal System: Based on English Common law, Islamic and Tribal laws.

Suffrage: 18 years of age universal.

Cabinet: Federal Executive Council.

Legislative Branch: Bi-Cameral National Assembly: Senate and House of Representatives.

Judicial Branch: Supreme Court, Federal High Court, Federal Court of Appeal, High Court, Magistrate Court, Customary Court

GEOGRAPHY

Location: Western Africa bordering on the Gulf of Guinea between Benin and Cameron

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Overall Area:
*Total Area: 923, 768 Sq km
*Land Area: 910, 802 Sq km
*Water: 13,000 Sq km
*Coastline: 853km

Area Comparative: Slightly more than twice the size of California in the United States of America

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Land Boundaries: 4,047km

Border Countries: On the west by The Republic of Benin (773km) and Cameron (1,690km); North by Niger (1,497km) and Chad Republicks (80km); and South by the Atlantic Ocean

Maritime Claims:
*Continental Shelf: 200m depth or to the depth of exploitation
*Exclusive Ecomnomic zone: 200NM
*Territory Sea: 12NM

Climate: Varies; Equitorial in South, Tropical in Centre and in the North

Terrain: South lowlands merge into Centre Hills and Plateaus, Moutains in South-East, Plains in North

Natural Resources: Petroleum,Tin, Columbite, Iron Ore, Coat, Limestone, Lead, Zinc, Natural Gas, Hydropower and Arable Land.

Land Use:
Arable Land: 33%,
Permanent Crops: 3%,
Permanent Pastures: 44%,
Forests and Woodland: 12%, Others 8%,
Irrigated Land: 9,570 sq km (1993 est)

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Environmental-International Agreements:
Party to Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands.

PEOPLE
Population: Over 186 Million (May 2016 United Nations Estimates)
Population Growth Rate: 2.63% (May 2016 Estimates)
Nationality: Nigerian
Main Religions: Christianity, Islam, and Indigenous beliefs Major
Ethnic Groups: Hausa,Yoruba. Igbo
Official Language: English
Port and Harbours: Calabar, Lagos, Onne, Port Harcourt, Sapele, Warri

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MEMBERSHIP:
Nigeria is a member of the following:

APC, AFDB, AU, CCC, ECA, ECOWAS, FAO, G-15, G-19, G-24, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, INMARSAT, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, ISO, ITU, MINURSO, NAM, OPCW, OPEC, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIKOM, UNITAR, UNMIBH, UNMIK, UNMOP, UNMOT, UNU, WCL, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, WTRO

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