Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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. Geographically, the North East is the largest geopolitical zone in the nation ...
States of Nigeria Name ISO 3166-2 code Seal Location ... North East: 36,917 km 2 (14,254 sq mi) ... Africa World Press.
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]
Sahel savanna consists of patches of grass and sand, found in the northeast. In the Sahel region, rain is less than 20 inches (508 mm) per year and the Sahara Desert is encroaching. In the dry north-east corner of the country lies Lake Chad, which Northern Nigeria shares with Niger, Chad and Cameroon. [16]
Lists of states of Nigeria (9 P) * Categories by state of Nigeria (19 C) Federal Capital Territory (Nigeria) (7 C, 12 P) A. Abia State (6 C, 19 P) Adamawa State (8 C ...
It includes fully recognised states, states with limited or zero recognition, and dependent territories of both African and non-African states. It lists 56 sovereign states (54 of which are member states of the United Nations), two non-sovereign (dependent) territories of non-African sovereign states, and nine sub-national regions of non ...
Northern Nigeria and Southern Nigeria were also sometimes known as the Northern Provinces or Southern Provinces respectively. Currently, Nigeria is a federation of 36 states. The first use of provinces was in Northern Nigeria after Britain took over administration of the area from the Royal Niger Company in 1900. The British originally divided ...
The following is a list of Nigerian state capitals. State Capital Abia: Umuahia Adamawa: Yola: Uyo: Anambra: ... List of state capitals of Nigeria. 7 languages ...