Nigeria

Nigeria is located in Western Africa. It is between Benin and Cameroon. It borders the Gulf of Guinea. Nigeria's absolute location is 10 00 N and8 00 S.

Nigeria is located in mid-western Africa. It shares Lake Chad (located in the extreme north) with Cameroon, Chad, and Niger. Also, the Savannah covers central Nigeria, so central Nigeria is an arid part of the country. Since Nigeria was once ruled by the British, some parts of Nigeria speaks English, and Christianity was also influenced by the British.

In Nigeria, there are 53 airports, 5 heliports, 3505 railways, 193400 km of roadways, and 8600 km of waterways. As for electricity, even though rural Nigerians rely on the "word-of mouth" and radio for information, 1.05 million telephones are used, 87.298 million mobile cellular devices, and there are 43.989 million internet users throughout Nigeria. The bush-taxi, a crowded minibus that travels on a set road without a schedule, is commonly used in Nigeria, but only about 15% of all the roads in the country are paved. , and primary school begins at age six and lasts six years while the school instruction is in English, but those who do not attend a university may enter the workforce, or start their own businesses.

Some major problems in Nigeria right now are soil degration, deforestation, and pollution. Also, there are other additional problems including desertification, loss of arable land, and rapid urbanization. In terms of land used by the people, 33.2% of the land is arable, and 2930 sq km of Nigeria is irrigated. The natural resources found in Nigeria are natural gas, petroleum, tin, iron ore, coal, limestone, niobium, lead, zinc, and arable land.

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Housing:The housing in Nigeria is quite simple because most families rent their homes. The houses consist of cement blocks covered with an additional layer of cement while wood and metal sheeting are typically used as roofing supplies. The houses have access to electricity through outages in the common.Culture:There are many festivals in Nigeria some of which include the Shango, the Benin festival, and the Argungu Fishing festival.Religion:Nigeria is divided primarily into Muslims and Christians. The Muslims are typically in the north and the Christians are in the southeast.Government:Currently Nigeria has a democratic government. Newly independent Nigeria became rich on oil exports, but recently lost all the riches and are very dependent on other countries.Physical:Nigeria’s southern lowland merge into mountains in the southeast and plains in the south. The coastland lies in the Gulf of Guinea in the south. There is also a tropical rainforest belt the stretches out 170 miles.

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By: Angela Jin and Sarah PatrickT4

Click the picture of the map on the below of this box to open an article on bbc.co.uk about Nigeria.

A detailed map of Nigeria and the coordinates of Nigeria

A Nigerian festival.

A map of Nigeria along with the surrounding countries inthe west Africa region.

A herdsman in Nigeria

A bird's-eye-view of Lake Chad

A Nigerian airport.