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 |