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	COUNTRY FACTS: NIGERIA
Name(official):	Federal Republic of Nigeria
Name(short):	Nigeria
Capital City:	Abuja
Location:	West Africa
Coordinate:	10 00 N, 8 00 E
Independence:	(From Britain) October 1st, 1960
President:	Dr Goodluck Jonathan President from 6 May 2010 - date (Acting President 9/2/2010 - 6/5/2010, V.P. 29/05/2007 - 09/02/2010 Namadi Sambo (V.P. from 19 May 2010 - date) Alhaji Umaru Musa Yar'Adua (President 29/05/2007 - 05/05/2010 Died in office due to sickness paving way for the Jonathan presidency) Chief Olusegun Obasanjo (President May 1999 - May 2007) Alhaji Abubakar Atiku (V.P. May 1999 - May 2007)
Type of Government:	Presidential democracy
Total Area:	923 768.64sq.km.
Population:	154.7million (July 2009 UN est.) 140 003 542 (2006 national census)
People:	Nigeria, Africa's most populous country, is composed of more than 250 ethnic groups; the following are the most populous and politically influential: Hausa and Fulani 29%, Yoruba 21%, Igbo (Ibo) 18%, Ijaw 10%, Kanuri 4%, Ibibio 3.5%, Tiv 2.5% .
Religion:	muslim50%, christian40%, indigenous beliefs 10%
Languages:	English(official), Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo(Ibo), Ijaw, Ibibio, Ogoni,.. Note: Most ethnic groups have their own languages.
Literacy:	68%total 75.5%male,60.6%female(2005 est.)
Currency:	Naira (1naira=100kobo)
GDP(per capita):	$1 400(2005est.)
Arable Land:	33%
Agriculture:	Groundnuts, Cocoa beans, Rubber, Gum Arabic, Kola nuts, Beniseed, Cotton, Soybean, Palm kernel, Cashew nuts, Cassava, Yams, Melon, Maize, Millet, Sorghum, Cowpeas, Bananas (plantains included) Palm oil,Tobacco.
Natural resources:	Petroleum,oil and gas,talc,gypsum,iron ore,lead,zinc bentonite,baryte,gold,bitumen,coal,rocksalt,gemstones
Embassy in Japan:	Embassy of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Chancery: 3-6-1, Toranomon, Minato-ku. Post Code: 105-0001 Tel. 03-5425-8011 Nigeria Embassy, Japan
General Info:	Heart of Africa
International Phone Code:	+234

ECONOMY: BUSINESS, TRADE AND INVESTMENT

MAJOR CITIES:

Abuja, Benin, Calabar, Enugu, Lagos, Ibadan, Ilorin, Jos, Kaduna, Katsina, Kano, Maiduguri, Makurdi, Ondo, Onitsha, Owerri, Port Harcourt, Sokoto, Zamfara, Zaria.

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GOVERNMENT: ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS

Nigeria is divided into 36 states and a territory, which are further divided into 774 local government councils.
List of states below:
Abia, Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Bayelsa, Bauchi, Benue, Borno, Cross River, Delta, Ebonyi, Edo, Ekiti, Enugu, Imo, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Gombe, Kogi, Kwara, Lagos, Nassarawa, Niger, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Oyo, Plateau, Rivers, Sokoto, Taraba, Yobe, Zamfara State. Federal Capital Territory(FCT)Abuja.

GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS

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