Nigeria

E2050
country in West Africa sovereign state

Nigeria is a populous West African country known for its diverse ethnic groups, rich cultural heritage, and status as Africa’s largest economy and oil producer.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Federal Republic of Nigeria 26
British Nigeria 1
Naija 1

Statements (76)

Predicate Object
instanceOf country in West Africa ⓘ
sovereign state ⓘ
areaKm2 923768 ⓘ
callingCode +234 ⓘ
capital Abuja ⓘ
containsCity Abuja ⓘ
Ibadan ⓘ
Kano ⓘ
Lagos ⓘ
Port Harcourt ⓘ
containsFederalCapitalTerritory Abuja ⓘ
surface form: Federal Capital Territory, Abuja
containsRegion Eastern Nigeria ⓘ
Middle Belt ⓘ
Niger Delta ⓘ
Northern Nigeria ⓘ
Western Nigeria ⓘ
containsRiver Benue River ⓘ
Niger River ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
currency Nigerian naira ⓘ
currencyCode NGN ⓘ
demonym Nigerian ⓘ
drivesOn right ⓘ
economyRankInAfricaByGDP 1 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Fulani ⓘ
Hausa ⓘ
Igbo ⓘ
Ijaw ⓘ
Yoruba ⓘ
governmentType federal presidential republic ⓘ
hasCoastOn Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Gulf of Guinea ⓘ
headOfGovernment Bola Tinubu ⓘ
headOfState Bola Tinubu ⓘ
independenceDate 1960-10-01 ⓘ
independenceFrom United Kingdom ⓘ
internetTLD .ng ⓘ
ISO3166-1Alpha2 .ng ⓘ
surface form: NG
ISO3166-1Alpha3 NGA ⓘ
judicialBody Supreme Court of Nigeria ⓘ
largestCity Lagos ⓘ
legislature National Assembly of Nigeria ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Central European Time ⓘ
surface form: West Africa Time
lowerHouse National Assembly of Nigeria ⓘ
surface form: House of Representatives of Nigeria
majorExport crude oil ⓘ
natural gas ⓘ
petroleum products ⓘ
majorIndustry agriculture ⓘ
oil and gas ⓘ
telecommunications ⓘ
majorReligion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
memberOf African Union ⓘ
Commonwealth countries ⓘ
surface form: Commonwealth of Nations

ECOWAS ⓘ
surface form: Economic Community of West African States

OPEC ⓘ
United Nations ⓘ
nationalAnthem Arise, O Compatriots ⓘ
nationalFootballTeam Nigeria national football team ⓘ
nationalLanguage Hausa ⓘ
Igbo ⓘ
Yoruba ⓘ
nationalMotto Unity and Faith, Peace and Progress ⓘ
numberOfStates 36 ⓘ
officeHolderTitle President of Nigeria ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
popularFilmIndustry Nollywood ⓘ
popularMusicGenre Afrobeats ⓘ
sharesBorderWith Benin ⓘ
Cameroon ⓘ
Chad ⓘ
Niger ⓘ
subdivisionType state ⓘ
UNMemberStateSince 1960 ⓘ
upperHouse Senate of Nigeria ⓘ
utcOffset +1 ⓘ

Referenced by (532)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

NGA → FIFACodeFor → Nigeria ⓘ
Lake Chad basin → LCBCMembers → Nigeria ⓘ
subject surface form: Lake Chad Basin
this entity surface form: Federal Republic of Nigeria
Muhammadu Buhari → allegiance → Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Federal Republic of Nigeria
Mobil Oil Nigeria → areaServed → Nigeria ⓘ
Benue River → basinCountry → Nigeria ⓘ
Volta River → basinCountry → Nigeria ⓘ
Zamfara State → belongsTo → Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Federal Republic of Nigeria
Cameroon → borderCountry → Nigeria ⓘ
Chad → borderCountry → Nigeria ⓘ
Chadians → borderCountry → Nigeria ⓘ
Niger → borderCountry → Nigeria ⓘ
Benin → borderedBy → Nigeria ⓘ
Kogi State → borderingCountry → Nigeria ⓘ
Gulf of Guinea → borders → Nigeria ⓘ
Abuja → capitalOf → Nigeria ⓘ
.ng → ccTLDFor → Nigeria ⓘ
Easter Monday → celebratedIn → Nigeria ⓘ
Ugochi Daniels → citizenOf → Nigeria ⓘ
Abiodun Okulaja → citizenship → Nigeria ⓘ
David Oyelowo → citizenship → Nigeria ⓘ
Nwankwo Kanu → citizenship → Nigeria ⓘ
Sunday Oliseh → citizenship → Nigeria ⓘ
Tiwa Savage → citizenship → Nigeria ⓘ
British Empire → coloniser → Nigeria ⓘ
LLB → commonRegion → Nigeria ⓘ
Sub-Saharan Africa → contains → Nigeria ⓘ
West Africa → containsCountry → Nigeria ⓘ
.ng → country → Nigeria ⓘ
subject surface form: 10th National Assembly (2023–2027)
Aba → country → Nigeria ⓘ