Nigeria

Federal Republic of Nigeria

Geography 

Capital: Abuja
Major Towns: Lagos, Abuja, Benin City, Enugu, Port Harcourt, Kaduna
Location (geographical coordinates/latitude and longitude): Abuja: 9°10'N, 7°10'E
Time Zone WAT: (UTC+1)
Size (Land and Sea): 923,768 km²; Water: 1.4%
Borders with Benin, Chad, Cameroon, Niger, Gulf of Guinea
Elevation extremes: Highest points: Chappal Waddi at 2,419 m
 
Politics  

Head of State: President: Umaru Yar'Adua, Vice President: Goodluck Jonathan
Form of Government: Presidential Federal Republic
Independancy (from UK): Declared and recognized: October 1, 1960; Republic declared: October 1, 1963
Currency: Nigerian Naira
 
Industry  

Main industries: Petroleum, Minerals (coal, tin, iron ore, limestone, niobium, lead, zinc), but no industry; Agricultural products include groundnuts, palm oil, cocoa, coconut, citrus fruits, maize, pearl millet, cassava, yams and sugar cane. It also has a booming leather and textile industry; significant production and manufacturing facilities such as factories for Peugeot the French car marker, Bedford the English truck manufacturer, now a subsidiary of General Motors, and also manufactures t-shirts and processed food.
Natural resources: Natural gas, petroleum, tin, columbite, iron ore, coal, limestone, lead, zinc, arable land
 
Population and People  

Population: 135,031,164 (2007 est.); 133,530,0001 (2005 est.), most populous country in Africa
Population density per sq mi: 384
Growth rate: 2.4%
Birth rate: 40.2/1000
Total fertility rate: 5.45 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 95.5/1000
Religion: Islam, Christianity,  Hinduism], Judaism, Chrislam (A blend of Christianity and Islam), traditional religious belief
Languages: English, Hausa, Igbo, Yoruba, Fulani, Kanuri
Ethnic groups / Tribes: more than 250 ethnic groups, with varying languages: largest ethnic groups are the Yoruba, Fulani, Hausa, Igbo, accounting for 68% of population, while the Edo, Ijaw (10%), Kanuri, Ibibio, Nupe and Tiv comprise 27%; small minorities of English, Americans, East Indians, Chinese, Japanese, Syrian, Lebanese and refugees and immigrants from other West African or East African nations
Age structure: 0-14 years: 42.2% (male 28,726,380/female 28,301,729); 15-64 years: 54.7% (male 37,543,678/female 36,277,038); 65 years and over: 3.1% (male 1,987,521/female 2,194,818) (2007 est.)
Life expectancy: 47.4
Literacy: 68%