Abuja

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capital city city in Nigeria planned city

Abuja is a planned city in central Nigeria that serves as the country’s political and administrative center.

Aliases (10)

Abuja, Nigeria ×2
Abuja (city) ×1
Abuja (earlier town in the area, now Suleja) ×1
Abuja Municipal Area Council ×1
Abuja city ×1
Abuja city centre ×1
Abuja metropolitan area ×1
Abuja urban area ×1
Federal Capital Territory, Abuja ×1
Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	capital city → city in Nigeria → planned city →
airport	Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport →
callingCode	+234 9 →
capitalOf	Nigeria →
climate	tropical wet and dry climate →
continent	Africa →
country	Nigeria →
currency	Nigerian naira →
dateCapitalMoved	1991 →
elevation	about 840 metres above sea level →
federalCapitalTerritoryEstablished	1976 →
governingBody	Federal Capital Territory Administration →
hosts	Aso Rock Presidential Villa → Central Bank of Nigeria headquarters → National Assembly Complex of Nigeria → Nigerian National Christian Centre → Nigerian National Mosque → Supreme Court of Nigeria →
koppënClimateClassification	Aw →
latitude	approximately 9.0765° N →
locatedIn	Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria → central Nigeria →
longitude	approximately 7.3986° E →
majorDistrict	Asokoro → Central Business District → Garki → Gwarinpa → Maitama → Wuse →
majorReligion	Christianity → Islam →
masterPlanBy	International Planning Associates → Kenzo Tange (involved in design concepts) →
namedAfter	Abuja (earlier town in the area, now Suleja) →
near	Aso Rock → Zuma Rock →
officialLanguage	English →
plannedBy	Nigerian government →
populationEstimate2022	over 3,000,000 (metropolitan area) →
populationGrowth	one of the fastest-growing cities in Africa →
replaced	Lagos as capital of Nigeria →
role	administrative center of Nigeria → political center of Nigeria →
timeZone	West Africa Time →
utcOffset	+1 →
vehicleRegistrationCode	ABJ →

Referenced by (98)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Aso Rock → Asokoro → Central Business District, Abuja → Garki → Gwarinpa → Maitama → Moshood Abiola National Stadium → National Assembly Complex → National Assembly Complex, Abuja → National Assembly of Nigeria → Nigerian National Christian Centre → Nigerian National Mosque → Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport → Senate of Nigeria → Senate of Nigeria ("Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria") → Wuse →	locatedIn
Action Congress of Nigeria → All Progressives Congress → ECOWAS ("Abuja, Nigeria") → ECOWAS Community Court of Justice → ECOWAS Parliament ("Abuja, Nigeria") → Federal Capital Territory Administration → Independent National Electoral Commission → National Judicial Council of Nigeria → Nigeria Football Federation →	headquartersLocation
Bola Tinubu → Bola Tinubu → Chief Justice of Nigeria → Oluremi Tinubu → President of the Senate of Nigeria →	residence
Chief Justice of Nigeria → Deputy President of the Senate of Nigeria → Federal Ministries of Nigeria → President of Nigeria → Supreme Court of Nigeria →	seat
Federal Capital Territory → Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria → Government of Nigeria → Nigeria →	capital
Aso Rock Presidential Villa → Central Business District, Abuja → Moshood Abiola National Stadium → National Assembly Complex →	city
Federal Capital Territory → Federal Capital Territory ("Abuja Municipal Area Council") → Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria →	contains
9th National Assembly (2019–2023) → Aso Rock Presidential Villa → Supreme Court of Nigeria →	location
House of Representatives of Nigeria → National Assembly of Nigeria →	countryCapital
Jigawa State → Zamfara State →	federalCapital
Federal Capital Territory → West Africa →	hasMajorCity
ABJ → Federal Capital Territory Administration →	jurisdiction
Nasarawa State → Zuma Rock →	locatedNear
Jos → Zuma Rock →	nearestMajorCity
Asokoro ("Abuja urban area") → Central Business District, Abuja ("Abuja city centre") →	partOf
Latimer House Principles →	adoptedInCity
Nigeria Football Federation →	basedInCity
2014 Commonwealth Games →	biddingCity
Flag of Nigeria →	capitalCityCountry
9th National Assembly (2019–2023) →	capitalCityOfMeetingPlace
Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport →	cityServed
Nigeria →	containsCity
Nigeria ("Federal Capital Territory, Abuja") →	containsFederalCapitalTerritory
All Progressives Congress →	foundedIn
Islamic world →	hasCulturalCenter
Federal Capital Territory →	hasLargestCity
Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria →	hasSettlement
Aso Rock ("Abuja city") →	hasViewOf
Federal Capital Territory ("Abuja (city)") →	isDistinctFrom
Aso Rock →	isLandmarkOf
Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport →	isMainGatewayTo
Zuma Rock →	isNorthOf
Gwarinpa →	isResidentialAreaOf
House of Representatives of Nigeria →	locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity
10th National Assembly (2023–2027) →	locationCity
ECOWAS Parliament →	meetsIn
9th National Assembly (2019–2023) →	meetsInCity
Abuja ("Abuja (earlier town in the area, now Suleja)") →	namedAfter
Minna →	nearbyCity
Nollywood →	notableCity
Fighting Corruption Is Dangerous: The Story Behind the Headlines →	placeOfNarrative
Federal Capital Territory Administration ("Abuja metropolitan area") →	regionServed
President of Nigeria →	residenceLocation
Minna →	roadConnection
Government of Nigeria →	seatOfGovernment
Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport →	serves
ABJ →	shortFor
Zuma Rock →	symbolOf
ABJ →	usedInCity
International Planning Associates →	workLocation