Nigeria

Basic facts about Nigeria

Country name: Nigeria
Capital: Abuja
Country code: 350
Continent: Africa
Currency name: Nigerian naira
Independence: 1960-10-01 00:00:00
Independent from: from the UK
Total area (km2): 923,768
Land area (km2): 910,768
Water area (km2): 13,000
Population: 174,507,539
Population note: 174,507,539 (July 2013 est.)
Official language: English
All languages: English (official), Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo (Ibo), Fulani, over 500 additional indigenous languages
Time zone: WAT (UTC+1) - Summer (DST) not observed (UTC+1)
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Drive on: right
Calling code: +234
Domain: .ng