Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria

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federal territory first-level administrative division of Nigeria

The Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria is a centrally administered region in the center of the country that contains Abuja, the nation’s purpose-built capital city.

Aliases (4)

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	federal territory → first-level administrative division of Nigeria →
administrativeStructure	area councils →
administratorTitle	Minister of the Federal Capital Territory →
borderedBy	Kaduna State → Kogi State → Nasarawa State → Niger State →
capital	Abuja →
capitalRelocationCompleted	1991 →
climate	tropical savanna climate →
contains	Abuja →
containsLandmark	Aso Rock → Eagle Square → Millennium Park → National Christian Centre → National Mosque → Zuma Rock →
country	Nigeria →
dateEstablished	1976 →
establishedBy	Nigerian government →
governingBody	Federal Capital Territory Administration →
hasFederalInstitution	Aso Rock Presidential Villa → Central Bank of Nigeria headquarters → National Assembly Complex → Supreme Court of Nigeria →
hasLegislativeRepresentation	no state-level legislature →
hasOfficialLanguage	English →
hasSettlement	Abaji → Abuja → Bwari → Gwagwalada → Kuje → Kwali →
legalStatus	directly administered by the federal government of Nigeria →
locatedIn	Northern Nigeria → West Africa → central Nigeria →
namedAfter	its status as the federal capital territory →
numberOfAreaCouncils	6 →
previousCapitalReplaced	Lagos →
purpose	to host Nigeria's national capital →
representationInNationalAssembly	House of Representatives seats → Senate seats →
subdivisionType	territory →
timeZone	West Africa Time →
utcOffset	+1 →

Referenced by (24)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Abuja → Aso Rock → Aso Rock Presidential Villa → Central Business District, Abuja → Garki → National Assembly Complex → National Assembly Complex, Abuja → Nigerian National Christian Centre → Nigerian National Mosque → Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport →	locatedIn
House of Representatives of Nigeria → President of the Senate of Nigeria →	locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity
ABJ →	associatedWith
Kaduna State ("Federal Capital Territory (Nigeria)") →	borders
International Planning Associates ("Federal Capital Territory Abuja") →	designedFor
House of Representatives of Nigeria ("Federal Capital Territory, Abuja") →	electsFrom
Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria ("Federal Capital Territory Abuja") →	establishes
Government of Nigeria ("Federal Capital Territory, Abuja") →	federalCapitalTerritory
Aso Rock →	isIconicFeatureOf
Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport →	isMainGatewayTo
Wuse →	partOf
Jukun people ("FCT Abuja") →	primaryLocation
Independent National Electoral Commission ("Federal Capital Territory, Abuja") →	regionServed
10th National Assembly (2023–2027) ("Federal Capital Territory, Abuja") →	represents