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The North East (often hyphenated to the North-East) is the one of the six geopolitical zones of Nigeria representing both a geographic and political region of the country's northeast. It comprises six states – Adamawa , Bauchi , Borno , Gombe , Taraba , and Yobe .
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Northern Nigeria though an ethnically and religiously diverse region, is an overwhelmingly majority Muslim region. The Hausa, Fulani and Kanuri dominate much of the North Western and Eastern part of the country while the Yoruba, Nupe, Tiv, Igala and Idoma are dominant in the North Central. Hausa, Fulani, Nupe and the Kanuri people are chiefly ...
At the time of independence in 1960, Nigeria was a federal state of three regions: Northern, Western, and Eastern. Additionally, provinces , which were a legacy of colonial and protectorate times , remained extant until they were abolished in 1976.
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. [2]
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Location of Nigeria Satellite image of Nigeria. Nigeria is a country in West Africa.It shares land borders with the Republic of Benin to the west, Chad and Cameroon to the east, and Niger to the north. [1]
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.