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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] Its coast lies on the Gulf of Guinea in the south and it borders Lake Chad to the northeast.
The coastline paradox states that a coastline does not have a well-defined length. Measurements of the length of a coastline behave like a fractal, being different at different scale intervals (distance between points on the coastline at which measurements are taken). The smaller the scale interval (meaning the more detailed the measurement ...
Ivory Coast Liberia Libya Madeira Mauritania Morocco Namibia Nigeria Republic of the Congo Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (UK) São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Sierra Leone South Africa Togo Tunisia Western Sahara (claimed by Morocco)
Nigeria borders Niger in the north, Chad in the northeast, Cameroon in the east, and Benin in the west. Nigeria is a federal republic comprising 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, where its capital, Abuja, is located. The largest city in Nigeria is Lagos, one of the largest metropolitan areas in the world and the largest in Africa.
Nigeria borders the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in the north. Its coast lies on the Gulf of Guinea, part of the Atlantic Ocean, in the south. The capital of Nigeria is Abuja. The people of Nigeria have an extensive history, and archaeological evidence shows that human habitation of the area dates back ...
The border between North America and South America is at some point on the Darién Mountains watershed that divides along the Colombia–Panama border where the isthmus meets the South American continent (see Darién Gap). Virtually all atlases list Panama as a state falling entirely within North America and/or Central America. [116] [117]
Nigeria (L) Nigeria: 4 4 6 Benin (L/M) Cameroon (L/M) Chad (L) Equatorial Guinea (M) Niger (L) São Tomé and Príncipe (M) Niue [n] (New Zealand) 0 2 (3) 2 (3) Tonga (M) American Samoa [l] (United States) (M) Cook Islands [m] (New Zealand) (M) Norfolk Island [t] 0 2 2 New Zealand (M) New Caledonia [u] (M) North Macedonia: 5 0 5
The border starts in the north at the tripoint with Chad in Lake Chad, proceeding through the lake via an NW-SE straight line down to the estuary of the Ebedi river. [2] The border follows this river as it flows to the south-east, before turning south, proceeding overland in this direction via a series of irregular lines and some small rivers (such as the Kalia). [2]