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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 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.
Map of Nigerian states by population density The following table presents a listing of Nigeria 's 36 states ranked in order of their total population based on the 2006 Census figures, [ 1 ] as well as their 2019 projected populations, which were published by the National Bureau of Statistics .
Map of Nigeria with administrative divisions. Nigeria is divided into thirty-six states and one Federal Capital Territory, which are further sub-divided into 774 local government areas. In some contexts, the states are aggregated into six geopolitical zones: North West, North East, North Central, South West, South East, and South South. [139] [140]
Potiskum, Yobe State in the northeast of Nigeria recorded Nigeria's lowest ever temperature of 2.8 °C (37.0 °F). Highland climates are found on highlands regions in Nigeria. Highlands over 1,520 metres (4,987 ft) above sea level are cool enough to reach the temperate climate line in the tropics thereby giving the highlands, mountains and the ...
A clickable map of Nigeria showing its 36 states and the federal capital territory. A clickable map of Nigeria exhibiting its 36 states and the federal capital territory. States
Each LGA is further subdivided into a minimum of ten and a maximum of twenty wards. A ward is administered by a councillor, who reports directly to the LGA chairman. The councillors fall under the legislative arm of the Local Government, the third tier of government in Nigeria, below the state governments and the federal government.
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