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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 ...
Nigeria is a federation of thirty-six states and one Federal Capital Territory, which are divided into 774 Local Government Areas (LGAs) in total. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] A clickable map of Nigeria showing its 36 states and the federal capital territory.
Map 1960–1963: 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. 1963–1967
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]
This table ranks Nigeria's 36 states in order of their surface areas. Rank State km² 1 Niger State: 74,363 2 Borno State: 70,898 3 Taraba State: 54,473 4 Kaduna State:
Port Harcourt (Pidgin: Po-ta-kot or Pi-ta-kwa) (Ikwerre: Igwecha) is the capital and largest city of Rivers State in Nigeria. [14] It is the fifth most populous city in Nigeria after Lagos, Kano, Ibadan and Benin. [15] [16] It lies along the Bonny River and is located in the oil rich Niger Delta region.
Northern Nigeria (or Arewancin Nijeriya) was an autonomous division within Nigeria, distinctly different from the southern part of the country, with independent customs, foreign relations and security structures. In 1962, it acquired the territory of the British Northern Cameroons, which voted to become a province within Northern Nigeria. [2]
The following table presents a listing of Nigeria's 36 states ranked in order of their estimated total GDP in 2021 according to a 2022 report by BudgIT. [ 1 ] Rank