Nigeria flag information

Flag description: three equal vertical bands of green (hoist side), white and green. .

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Additional information about Nigeria

Official country name: Federal Republic of Nigeria

Short name: Nigeria
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Nationality noun / adjective: Nigerian(s) / Nigerian

Languages spoken: English (official), Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo (Ibo), Fulani. .

Capital: Abuja (GMT 1.0, summertime: )

Government type: federal republic

Population: 146255312 ranked 10, (data 2008)

Geography: the Niger enters the country in the northwest and flows southward through tropical rain forests and swamps to its delta in the Gulf of Guinea. The lowest point is Atlantic Ocean 0 m and the highest point is Chappal Waddi 2,419 m. .

Coastline: Coastline 853 km - . .

Land borders: Nigeria has a total of 4047 km landborders, bordering to Benin 773 km, Cameroon 1,690 km, Chad 87 km, Niger 1,497 km. . .

Administrative divisions: 36 states and 1 territory*; Abia, Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Benue, Borno, Cross River, Delta, Ebonyi, Edo, Ekiti, Enugu, Federal Capital Territory*, Gombe, Imo, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara, Lagos, Nassarawa, Niger, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Oyo, Plateau, Rivers, Sokoto, Taraba, Yobe, Zamfara

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Independence: 1 October 1960 (from UK)