Population - 152million (2011)

Total area - 923,770 sq. km Land area - 910,770 sq. km cultivable land - 790,000 sq.km Cultivated land - 390,000 sq.km annual rainfall range- 300MM – 4000MM %of the farmers - 70% Official language - English Common languages - 250 languages

Overall GDP growth - 8.4% (2010.)

Agric contribution to GDP- 50% (2008)

Independence - 1960

Currency - naira

Nigeria is located in west Africa The geographic coordinates are: 10 N, 8

E Nigeria's borders are:

Niger on the North Cameroon on the East the Atlantic Ocean on the South Benin on the West Chad on the north-east

Nigeria is divided into 36 states and FCT i.e. Abuja. With three major geopolitical region i.e. Northern, southern and western Nigeria.

Although it has large number of local tribes, there are three major tribes spoken by most of the people in each of the region which are Hausa-Fulani, Yoruba and Igbo.

His ExcellencyDr Goodluck Jonathanpresident

His ExcellencyArc Mohammed Namadi SamboVice president

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the major source of water for agriculture is rain, which varies from seven to twelve month per year with annual rainfall between 300-4000mm per year, this made Nigeria to depend mainly on rainfall for agricultural production.

The names of the major rivers that flow through Nigeria are the river Niger (which is where Nigeria gets it's name), and the river Benue. The 'end' region where the Niger river meets the ocean is commonly referred to as 'Delta'. This map shows a very simple illustration of their route.

there are other rivers, including Anambra, Cross River, Gongola, Hadejia, Ka, Kaduna, Katsina-Ala, Kamadugu, Ogun, Osun, Owena, Osse, Sokoto, Yedseram, Yobe, Zamfara e.t.c. 

Farming Fishing Carpentry Sewing Metal works and so on

Nigeria is one of the countries that maintain their kingdoms in such a way that it does not interfere with their administrative activities of the federal government, rather as way of maintaining culture and between the peoples.

The major kingdoms are: Hausa,a. Hausa kingdomsb. Yoruba kingdomsc. Kanuri kingdom and some minor kingdoms

There are several cultural sports, which mainly depend on tribal background.

For more information you can visit the following web sites- www.motherlandnigeria.com-www.naijapals.com

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