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{{Infobox country
| conventional_long_name = Federal Republic of Nigeria
| common_name = Nigeria
| native_name = {{unbulleted list|item_style=font-size:78%; |{{native name|ha|Jamhuriyar Tarayyar Najeriya}}
| {{native name|yo|Orílẹ̀-èdè Olómìniira Àpapọ̀ Nàìjíríà}} | {{native name|ig|Ọ̀hàńjíkọ̀ Ọ̀hànézè Naìjíríyà}}}}
| image_flag = Flag of Nigeria.svg
| image_coat = Coat of arms of Nigeria.svg
| national_motto = "Unity and Faith, Peace and Progress"
| national_anthem = "[[Arise, O Compatriots]]"{{parabr}}{{center|[[File:National anthem of Nigeria.oga]]}}
| image_map = {{Switcher|[[File:Nigeria (orthographic projection).svg|frameless]]|Show globe|[[File:Location Nigeria AU Africa.svg|upright=1.15|frameless]]|Show map of Africa|default=1}}
| map_caption =
| image_map2 =
| capital = [[Abuja]]
| coordinates = {{Coord|9|4|N|7|29|E|type:city}}
| largest_city = [[Lagos]]
| official_languages = [[English language|English]]
| languages_type = [[National languages]]
| languages = {{hlist|[[Hausa language|Hausa]]|[[Fulani language|Fulani]]|[[Igbo language|Igbo]]|[[Yoruba language|Yoruba]]}}
| languages2_type = Other languages<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=ng |title=Languages of Nigeria |publisher=[[Ethnologue]] |access-date=12 September 2010}}</ref>
| languages2 = Over [[Languages of Nigeria|525 languages]]<ref>{{Cite book|title=An Atlas Of Nigerian Languages|last=Blench|first=Roger|publisher=Kay Williamson Educational Foundation|year=2014|location=Oxford}}</ref> including:
{{Collapsible list
|framestyle=border:none; padding:0;
|[[Bassa-Nge]]
|[[Berom language|Berom]]
|[[Boze language|Boze]]
|[[Bura language|Bura]]
|[[Ebira language|Ebira]]
|[[Edo language|Edo]]
|[[Efik language|Efik]]
|[[Eleme language|Eleme]]
|[[Esan language|Esan]]
|[[Afenmai language|Etsako]]
|[[Fula language|Fulfulde]]
|[[Gwari language|Gbagyi]]
|[[Gokana language|Gokana]]
|[[Humono language|Humono]] |[[Hyam language|Hyam]]
|[[Ibibio|Ibibio]]
|[[Idoma language|Idoma]]
|[[Igala language|Igala]]
|[[Igede language|Igede]]
|[[Ijaw languages|Ijaw]]
|[[Ikwerre language|Ikwerre]]
|[[Isoko language|Isoko]]
|[[Itsekiri language|Itsekiri]]
|[[Ukwuani-Aboh-Ndoni language|Ukwuani]]
|[[Izere language|Izere]]
|[[Jju language|Jju]]
|[[Jukun Takum language|Jukun]]
|[[Kanuri language|Kanuri]]
|[[Karekare language|Karai-Karai]]
|[[Margi language|Margi]]
|[[Nigerian Pidgin]]
|[[Ngas language|Ngas]]
|[[Nupe language|Nupe]]
|[[Kupa language|Kupa]]
|[[Obolo language|Obolo]]
|[[Khana language|Ogoni]]
|[[Kalabari language|Okrika]]
|[[Ogba language|Ogba]]
|[[Oro language|Oron]]
|[[Tiv language|Tiv]]
|[[Tyap language|Tyap]]
|[[Urhobo language|Urhobo]]
|[[Fyer language|Fyer]]
}}
| religion_year =
| religion_ref =
| religion = 
| demonym = [[Nigerians|Nigerian]]
| government_type = [[Federation|Federal]] [[Presidential system|presidential]] [[republic]]
| leader_title1 = [[President of Nigeria|President]]
| leader_name1 = [[Bola Tinubu]]
| leader_title2 = [[Vice President of Nigeria|Vice President]]
| leader_name2 = [[Kashim Shettima]]
| leader_title3 = [[President of the Senate of Nigeria|Senate President]]
| leader_name3 = [[Ahmed Lawan]]
| leader_title4 = [[Speaker of the House of Representatives of Nigeria|House Speaker]]
| leader_name4 = [[Femi Gbajabiamila]]
| leader_title5 = [[Chief Justice of Nigeria|Chief Justice]]
| leader_name5 = [[Olukayode Ariwoola]]
| legislature = [[National Assembly (Nigeria)|National Assembly]]
| upper_house = [[Senate of Nigeria|Senate]]
| lower_house = [[House of Representatives (Nigeria)|House of Representatives]]
| sovereignty_type = [[History of Nigeria|Independence]]
| sovereignty_note = from [[British Empire|United Kingdom]]
| established_event1 = [[Independence Day (Nigeria)|Declaration]]
| established_date1 = 1 October 1960
| established_event2 = [[Federation of Nigeria|Federation]]
| established_date2 = 1 October 1963
| established_event3 = [[Constitution of Nigeria|Current constitution]]
| established_date3 = 29 May 1999
| area_km2 = 923,769
| area_rank = 31st
| area_sq_mi = 356,667 
| percent_water = 1.4
| population_estimate = 211,400,708<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/NGA/nigeria/population-growth-rate |title=Nigeria Population Growth Rate 1950-2021 |website=macrotrends |access-date=21 June 2021 }}</ref>
| population_census = 140,431,691
| population_estimate_year = 2021
| population_estimate_rank = 7th
| population_census_year = 2006
| population_density_km2 = 218
| population_density_sq_mi = 565 
| population_density_rank = 42nd
| GDP_PPP = $1.116 trillion<ref name=IMF2020>{{cite web |url=https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/WEO/weo-database/2020/October/weo-report?c=694,199,&s=NGDP_RPCH,NGDPD,NGDPDPC,PPPPC,&sy=2018&ey=2025&ssm=0&scsm=1&scc=0&ssd=1&ssc=0&sic=0&sort=country&ds=.&br=1|access-date=15 October 2020 |title=World Economic Outlook Database, October 2020 – Nigeria|work=International Monetary Fund}}</ref>
| GDP_PPP_year = 2021
| GDP_PPP_rank = 25th
| GDP_PPP_per_capita = $5,280
| GDP_PPP_per_capita_rank = 129th
| GDP_nominal = $514.079 billion<ref name=IMF2020/>
| GDP_nominal_year = 2021
| GDP_nominal_rank = 29th
| GDP_nominal_per_capita = $2,432
| GDP_nominal_per_capita_rank = 137th
| Gini = 35.1 
| Gini_year = 2020
| Gini_change = decrease 
| Gini_ref = <ref>{{Cite web |title=Poverty and Inequality Index |url=https://www.nigerianstat.gov.ng/download/1092 |access-date=2020-06-08 |website=National Bureau of Statistics}}</ref>
| Gini_rank =
| HDI = 0.539 
| HDI_year = 2019
| HDI_change = increase 
| HDI_ref = <ref name="UNHDR">{{cite book|title=Human Development Report 2020 The Next Frontier: Human Development and the Anthropocene|date=15 December 2020|publisher=United Nations Development Programme|isbn=978-92-1-126442-5|pages=343–346|url=http://hdr.undp.org/sites/default/files/hdr2020.pdf|access-date=16 December 2020}}</ref>
| HDI_rank = 161st
| currency = [[Nigerian naira|Naira]] (₦)
| currency_code = NGN
| time_zone = [[West Africa Time|WAT]]
| utc_offset = +01:00
| utc_offset_DST =
| time_zone_DST =
| drives_on = right<ref>{{Cite web |author=Akinbode, Ayomide |title=Why Nigeria changed from Right-Hand Drive to Left-Hand Drive in 1972 |url=https://www.thehistoryville.com/nigeria-left-hand-drive-right-hand-drive/ |website=www.thehistoryville.com |quote=The terms 'right- and left-hand drive' refer to the position of the driver in the vehicle and are the reverse of the terms 'right- and left-hand traffic'. |date=2 April 2019 |accessdate=9 July 2021 |archive-date=9 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709192243/https://www.thehistoryville.com/nigeria-left-hand-drive-right-hand-drive/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| calling_code = [[Telephone numbers in Nigeria|+234]]
| cctld = [[.ng]]
| today =
| ethnic_groups_ref = <ref>{{Cite web|work=[[The World Factbook]] |publisher=[[Central Intelligence Agency]] |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/nigeria/|access-date=2020-06-21 |title=Africa: Nigeria}}</ref>
| ethnic_groups_year = 2018
| ethnic_groups = {{plainlist|
* 30% [[Hausa people|Hausa]]
* 15.5% [[Yoruba people|Yoruba]]
* 15.2% [[Igbo people|Igbo]]
* 6% [[Fula people|Fulani]]
* 2.4% [[Tiv people|Tiv]]
* 2.4% [[Kanuri people|Kanuri]]
* 2% [[Ibibio people|Ibibio]]
* 1.8% [[Ijaw people|Ijaw]]
* 24.7% [[List of ethnic groups in Nigeria|Other]]
}}
}}
'''Nigeria''' is a [[country]] in [[West Africa]]. It has a [[population]] of 216.7 million,<ref>[http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL Population Total],</ref> more than any other country in [[Africa]]. Its capital is [[Abuja]]. Nigeria is a large country, with the largest population in Africa and is the most powerful in terms of [[Economy]] in Africa.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2014/04/nigeria-becomes-africa-largest-economy-20144618190520102.html|title=Nigeria becomes Africa's largest economy|work=aljazeera.com|accessdate=11 August 2015}}</ref>

==History==
From the 1500s to the 1800s, many people from the land now called Nigeria (and other parts of West Africa) were taken away and turned into [[slavery|slaves]] by [[Europe]]ans, and they were sent to work in the [[Americas]]. These slaves were bought and sold in the Americas by Europeans who lived there. Today, many people related to those slaves still live in America, though they are no longer slaves. They are called [[African Americans]].

From 1901 to 1960, the [[United Kingdom]] ruled Nigeria. However, by 1960 the people wanted independence, and Britain finally let them have it. For some time after this, Nigeria was a [[dictatorship]], where the leaders stayed in control even if the majority of people disliked them. At this time, the [[Nigerian Civil War]] was by [[separatist]] Christian [[Igbo people]] in the Southeast against the Nigerian government. They did not want to be a part of Nigeria, which was ruled by The Muslim north and mixed west. The war ended with a reunification of Nigeria.

In 1999, Nigeria became a [[democracy]], where people choose their leaders. After that, [[Olusegun Obasanjo]], a [[Yoruba]] [[Christian]] from the south, became President. In 2007, [[Umaru Yar'Adua]], a [[Hausa]] [[Muslim]], was elected to be the next President. Yar'Adua died in May, 2009. [[Goodluck Jonathan]], the [[vice president]], then became president.

Goodluck Jonathan was re-elected as the president after wining the 2011 general elections under the political party, PDP.

He served as the country's president until 2015.

In the early 21st century, there are several [[low-intensity conflict|low-intensity]] [[armed conflict]]s. These include the [[insurgency]] by the [[Islamism|Islamist]] group [[Boko Haram]]. The [[Boko Haram insurgency]] happens mostly in the [[North East (Nigeria)|northeast]]. This group wants [[Sharia law]] for the country.<ref>From Cultural Justice to Inter-Ethnic Mediation, Basil Ugorji - 2012</ref> Another is the [[Nigerian bandit conflict]], in which [[bandit]] [[gang]]s carry out attacks, mostly in the [[North West (Nigeria)|northwest]]. There is a [[insurgency in Southeastern Nigeria|separatist insurgency]] in the [[South East (Nigeria)|southeast]].

== Geography ==
Nigeria has a total area of {{convert|923768|km2|mi2|0|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rank Order – Area|work=[[The World Factbook]]|publisher=[[Central Intelligence Agency]]|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2147rank.html|accessdate=29 May 2011|archive-date=9 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140209041128/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2147rank.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> It is the world's 32nd-largest country. It shares a border with [[Benin]] (773 km), [[Niger]] (1497 km), [[Chad]] (87 km) and [[Cameroon]] (1690 km). It has a coastline of at least 853 km.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Africa :: Nigeria|work=[[The World Factbook]]|publisher=[[Central Intelligence Agency]]|date=17 May 2011|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ni.html|accessdate=29 May 2011|archive-date=31 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200831040543/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ni.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
[[File:Zuma rock.jpg|thumb|250px|The [[Zuma Rock]] near Suleja]]
The highest point in Nigeria is [[Chappal Waddi]] at {{convert|2419|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}. The main rivers are the [[Niger River|Niger]] and the [[Benue River]]. They come together and empty into the [[Niger Delta]], one of the world's largest [[river delta]]s. It is the location of a large area of Central African [[mangrove]]s.

===Cities===
These are the cities in Nigeria with over 1 million people as of 2012.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! City !! Population
|-
| [[Lagos]] || 11,547,000
|-
| [[Kano]] || 3,466,000
|-
| [[Ibadan]] || 3,028,000
|-
| [[Abuja]] || 2,245,000
|-
| [[Port Harcourt]] || 1,947,000
|-
| [[Kaduna]] || 1,566,000
|-
| [[Benin City]] || 1,398,000
|-
| [[Zaria]] || 1,075,000
|}

== National anthem ==
In Nigeria, there are two [[national anthem]]s. The first one is called "Nigeria We Hail Thee". The second and current national anthem is called "Arise O' Compatriots. The first one was written by Lilian Jean William and composed by Frances Berda. The second one was written by 5 people and was composed by the Police band. Arise O' Compatriots was first heard during Nigeria's independence.{{fact|date=January 2021}}

==Religion==
In Nigeria, there are almost equal numbers of Muslims and Christians. Most of the Christians live in the south, and most of the Muslims live in the north. Contrary to some beliefs, the Nigerian civil war was not only attributed to religious intolerance. The war which took place between 6 July 1967 – 15 January 1970, was a political conflict caused by the attempted secession of the southeastern provinces of Nigeria as the self-proclaimed Republic of Biafra. The conflict was the result of economic, ethnic, cultural and religious tensions among the various peoples of Nigeria.

==Natural resources==
Nigeria produces a large amount of oil, and some fighting has been going on because many people want a share of the oil profits. This fighting has been happening in the area called the [[Niger Delta]], where the [[Niger River]] flows into the Atlantic Ocean.

The largest city in Nigeria is [[Lagos]]. Nigeria has both grasslands and rainforests, and can get very hot, because it is close to the [[Equator]]. Petroleum and agriculture make up the Nigerian economy.

== Cuisine ==
[[File:Afang Soup.jpg|thumb|Afang Soup]]
Nigerian cuisine, like West African cuisine in general, is known for its richness and variety. Many different spices, herbs and flavourings are used along with [[palm oil]] or [[peanut|groundnut]] oil. These make deeply flavoured sauces and soups often made very hot with [[chili pepper]]s. Nigerian feasts are colourful and lavish. Good smelling market and roadside snacks cooked on barbecues or fried in oil are plentiful and varied.<ref>H.O. Anthonio & M. Isoun: "Nigerian Cookbook". Macmillan, Lagos, 1982.</ref>

== Sport ==
Association football is Nigeria's national sport. The country has its own [[Nigerian Premier League|Premier League]] of football. Nigeria's Men's [[Nigerian national football team|national football team]], known as the Super Eagles, has made the [[FIFA World Cup|World Cup]] five times. These were in [[1994 FIFA World Cup|1994]], [[1998 FIFA World Cup|1998]], [[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002]], [[2010 FIFA World Cup|2010]], [[2014 FIFA World Cup|2014]], [[2018 FIFA World Cup|2018]] and most recently in [[2022 FIFA World Cup|2022]]. They won the African Cup of Nations in [[1980 African Cup of Nations|1980]], [[1994 African Cup of Nations|1994]] and [[2013 African Cup of Nations|2013]]. They also hosted the [[Junior World Cup.]] They won the gold medal for football in the [[1996 Summer Olympics]].

Nigeria is also involved in other sports such as basketball, [[cricket (sport)|cricket]], sprints and track and field.<ref>{{Cite web | title = Nigerian Basketball | publisher = Africabasket.com | year = 2011 | url = http://www.africabasket.com/Nigeria/basketball.asp | accessdate = 7 June 2011 | archive-date = 1 September 2012 | archive-url = https://www.webcitation.org/6ALsHg6xZ?url=http://www.africabasket.com/Nigeria/basketball.asp | url-status = dead }}</ref> Boxing is also an important sport in Nigeria; [[Dick Tiger]] and [[Samuel Peter]] are both former World Champions.
==Related pages==
*[[List of rivers of Nigeria]]
*[[Nigeria at the Olympics]]
*[[Nigeria national football team]]
*[[Nigerian naira]]
*[[Lagos]]
*[[Abuja]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{Africa}}
{{Commonwealth nations}}

[[Category:Nigeria| ]]
[[Category:1960 establishments in Africa]]
[[Category:English-speaking countries]]
[[Category:Former British colonies]]
[[Category:Members of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation]]
[[Category:Commonwealth member states]]

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