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 |