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The capital of Nigeria is Abuja, situated in the centre of the country, while Lagos is the country's major port, monetary center and largest city. Communicated in dialects are English (official), Hausa, Igbo, and Yoruba. [2] It is assessed that Nigeria has around 250 different ethno-etymological gatherings. [3]
Nigerian cities are categorized into three types; there is the "Metropolis", which is characterized by having more than one Local Government Areas (LGAs). These types of cities are usually formed when large municipalities are split into smaller LGAs, to aid efficient administration and management, when small towns grow and merge into existing large cities, or both; some are also formed when ...
Module:Location map/data/Nigeria is a location map definition used to overlay markers and labels on an equirectangular projection map of Nigeria. The markers are placed by latitude and longitude coordinates on the default map or a similar map image.
Kano (Ajami: كَنُواْ) is a city in northern Nigeria and the capital of Kano State. [3] It is the second largest city in Nigeria after Lagos, with over four million citizens living within 449 km 2 (173 sq mi). [4]
During the reign of the Fulani Empire in the 19th century Sokoto was an important Fula state, in addition to being a city, of what was then west central Nigeria. [5] From ca. 1900, with the British take-over, Sokoto, which then encompassed the entire north-west corner of Nigeria, became a province of the British protectorate of Nigeria.
Oyo is a state in southwestern Nigeria.Its capital is Ibadan, the third most populous city in the country and formerly the second most populous city in Africa. [8] Oyo State is bordered to the north by Kwara State for 337 km, to the southeast by Osun State for 187 km, partly across the River Osun, and to the south by Ogun State, and to the west by the Republic of Benin for 98 km.
Ibadan (UK: / ɪ ˈ b æ d ən /, US: / ɪ ˈ b ɑː d ən /; [5] Yoruba: Ìbàdàn) is the capital and most populous city of Oyo State, in Nigeria.It is the third-largest city by population in Nigeria after Lagos and Kano, with a total population of 3,649,000 as of 2021, and nearly 4 million within its metropolitan area.
At the 2006 census, the city of Abuja had a population of 776,298 [10] and 179,674 households [11] making it one of the ten most populous cities in Nigeria (placing eighth as of 2006). According to the United Nations, Abuja grew by 139.7% between 2000 and 2010, making it the fastest-growing city in the world. [12]