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Nigerian flag at the Nigerian embassy in Washington, DC. The flag of Nigeria was designed by Michael Taiwo Akinkunmi and was officially adopted to represent Nigeria at midnight on 1 October 1960, the day the country gained independence. The flag was chosen as part of a nationwide open contest held by the government, with Akinkunmi's design ...
Flag-map of Nigeria: Date: 16 March 2008: Source: Own work: Author: Darwinek: SVG development . The SVG code is . This flag map was created ... Nigeria is a country ...
Map of Nigeria: October 1963 [12] [13] The official name of Nigeria, "Federal Republic of Nigeria", was adopted in 1963 when the country became a republic, three years after gaining independence from the United Kingdom in 1960. [14] The adoption of the name signified Nigeria's transition from a British colony to a fully sovereign state. [15]
Nigeria is the world's sixth-most populous country. The birth rate is 35.2-births/1,000 population and the death rate is 9.6 deaths/1,000 population as of 2017, while the total fertility rate is 5.07 children born/woman. [229] Nigeria's population increased by 57 million from 1990 to 2008, a 60% growth rate in less than two decades. [230]
National flags are adopted by governments to strengthen national bonds and legitimate formal authority. Such flags may contain symbolic elements of their peoples, militaries, territories, rulers, and dynasties. The flag of Denmark is the oldest flag still in current use as it has been recognized as a national symbol since the 14th century.
Flag of the Northern Nigeria Protectorate: 1900–1914: Flag of the Southern Nigeria Protectorate: 1914–1952: Flag of the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria: British blue ensign with a green six-pointed star described as the Seal of Solomon, [30] surrounding a Tudor Crown with the white word "Nigeria" under it on a red disc. 1952-1960
The en:Flag of Nigeria. Written by Jon Harald Søby, using Image:Flag of Norway.svg as a template. ... Seunaleuëk:Country data Nigeria; Usage on ady.wikipedia.org
A map of Africa with national flags, ... Flag of Nigeria: 1914–1919: ... Lists of flags of African countries. List of Algerian flags;