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Rank State km² 1 Niger State: 76,363 2 Borno State: 70,898 3 Taraba State: 54,473 4 Kaduna State: 46,053 5 Bauchi State: 45,893 6 Yobe State: 45,502 7 Zamfara State
The second largest state, Texas, has only 40% of the total area of the largest state, Alaska. Rhode Island is the smallest state by total area and land area. San Bernardino County is the largest county in the contiguous U.S. and is larger than each of the nine smallest states; it is larger than the four smallest states combined.
It covers an area of 923,769 square kilometres (356,669 sq mi). With a population of more than 230 million, it is the most populous country in Africa, and the world's sixth-most populous country. Nigeria borders Niger in the north, Chad in the northeast, Cameroon in the east, and Benin in the west.
Land: 910,770 km 2 (351,650 sq mi) Water: 13,000 km 2 (5,000 sq mi) Area comparative. Australia comparative: slightly smaller than South Australia; Canada comparative: slightly smaller than British Columbia; United States comparative: slightly less than three times the size of New Mexico
Americans are living on lots that are nearly 26% smaller than they were four decades ago.
The military and the Nigerian state, 1966–1993: a study of the strategies of political power control. Trenton, New Jersey: Africa World Press. ISBN 978-1-59221-568-3. Solomon Akhere Benjamin (1999). The 1996 state and local government reorganizations in Nigeria. Ibadan: Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research. ISBN 978-181-238-9.
Tulare Lake, with an area of 570 square miles (1,476 km 2), once filled much of the area. In modern times, it is usually a dry lake and partially covered with agricultural fields. The lake reappears during unusually high levels of rainfall or snow melt such as the winter of 2022 and early spring of 2023.
List of political and geographic subdivisions by total area from 5,000 to 20,000 square kilometers; List of political and geographic subdivisions by total area from 1,000 to 5,000 square kilometers; List of political and geographic subdivisions by total area from 0.1 to 1,000 square kilometers