NIGERIA

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Nigeria Quick Facts
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Country (long form) Federal Republic of Nigeria
Capital Abuja
Total Area 356,668.82 sq mi
923,768.00 sq km
(slightly more than twice the size of California)
Population 123,337,822 (July 2000 est.)
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS
Estimated Population in 2050 303,586,770
Languages English (official), Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo (Ibo), Fulani
Literacy 57.1% total, 67.3% male, 47.3% female (1995 est.)
Religions Muslim 50%, Christian 40%, indigenous beliefs 10%
Life Expectancy 51.58 male, 51.55 female (2000 est.)
Government Type republic transitioning from military to civilian rule
Currency 1 naira (N) = 100 kobo
GDP (per capita) $970 (1999 est.)
Labor Force (by occupation) agriculture 54%, industry 6%, services 40% (1999 est.)
Industry crude oil, coal, tin, columbite, palm oil, peanuts, cotton, rubber, wood, hides and skins, textiles, cement and other construction materials, food products, footwear, chemicals, fertilizer, printing, ceramics, steel
Agriculture cocoa, peanuts, palm oil, corn, rice, sorghum, millet, cassava (tapioca), yams, rubber; cattle, sheep, goats, pigs; timber; fish
Arable Land 33%
Exports petroleum and petroleum products 95%, cocoa, rubber
Imports machinery, chemicals, transport equipment, manufactured goods, food and live animals
Natural Resources petroleum, tin, columbite, iron ore, coal, limestone, lead, zinc, natural gas, hydropower, arable land
Current Environmental Issues soil degradation; rapid deforestation; desertification; recent droughts in north severely affecting marginal agricultural activities
Telephones (main lines in use) 405,000 (1995)
Telephones (mobile cellular) 10,000 (1999)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) 5 (1999)
(U.S. Government sources) Flag 
National Institutions:
Presidency
Nigerian Ports Authority
Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA)
Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE)
Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC)
Nigerian Investment Promotions Commission (NIPC)
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC)
 

Regional Institutions:
Delta State
Edo State
Lagos State
Nasarawa State
 Representations in Foreign Countries:
Embassy of Nigeria in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Embassy of Nigeria in Vienna, Austria
Nigeria High Commission in Ottawa, Canada
Embassy of Nigeria in Havana, Cuba
Embassy of Nigeria in Berlin, Germany
Embassy of Nigeria in The Hague, Netherlands
Consulate General of Nigeria in Johannesburg, South Africa
Consulate General of Nigeria in Atlanta, United States of America
Consulate General of Nigeria in New York, United States of America
Embassy of Nigeria in Washington, United States of America
Permanent Mission of Nigeria to the United Nations in New York
 
Political Parties:
Alliance for Democracy (AD)
National Conscience Party (NCP)
Reform Party of Nigeria (RPN)
 Additional Information:
General Information:
The World Factbook (by the CIA)
Atlapedia Online (by Latimer Clarke Corporation)
Information Please: Countries of the World (by Information Please LLC)
Political Information:
Elections around the World (by Wilfried Derksen)
Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members (by the CIA)
Political Leaders (by Roberto Ortíz de Zárate)
World Statesmen (by Benjamin Cahoon)
Political Resources on the Net (by Roberto Cicciomessere)
Information from Encyclopedias:
Encyclopædia Britannica (by Britannica.com Inc.)
Funk & Wagnalls Multimedia Encyclopedia (by Versaware Technologies Inc.)
Hutchinson Encyclopedia (by Helicon Publishing Ltd.)
Touristic Information:
World Travel Guide (by Columbus Press Ltd.)
Lonely Planet Destinations (by Lonely Planet Publications)
Atevo Travel Destinations (by Atevo, Inc.)
Information on Human Rights:
Amnesty International Publications (by Amnesty International)
Freedom in the World (by Freedom House)
Other Information:
Ethnologue: Languages of the World (by Summer Institute of Linguistics, Inc.)
Flags Of The World (by Giuseppe Bottasini, Rob Raeside, Mark Sensen and others)
World Flag Database (by Graham Bartram)
 

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