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	Nigeria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Nigeria became a protectorate in 1901 and a colony in In response to the growth of Nigerian following World War II the British moved the colony towards on a federal basis.
		Nigeria is divided roughly in three by rivers Niger and Benue which flow through the from north-east and north-west to meet roughly the centre of the country near the capital city of Abuja.
		Northern Nigeria was the location half of all documented polio cases in but Muslim clerics have repeatedly inveighed against vaccine as an effort by Westerners to sterilize young Nigerian Muslim girls.
	www.freeglossary.com /Nigeria (1344 words)

	Nigeria Information, Nigeria History, Geography, Climate
		The Federation of Nigeria on the south coast of West Africa is one of Africa's most populous nations and comprises of 250 tribal groups.
		Nigeria is bound by Cameroon to the east, Chad to the northeast, Niger to the north, Benin to the west, and the Atlantic Ocean to the south.
		About two-thirds of Nigeria lies in the watershed of the Niger River, which empties in to the Atlantic at the Niger Delta, and its major tributaries: the Benue in the northeast, the Kaduna in the west, the Sokoto in the northwest, and the Anambra in the southeast.
	www.mapsofworld.com /country-profile/nigeria.html (446 words)

	Nigeria (09/06)
		In the south central part of present-day Nigeria, as early as the 15th and 16th centuries, the kingdom of Benin had developed an efficient army; an elaborate ceremonial court; and artisans whose works in ivory, wood, bronze, and brass are prized throughout the world today.
		Nigeria was granted full independence in October 1960, as a federation of three regions (northern, western, and eastern) under a constitution that provided for a parliamentary form of government.
		From the outset, Nigeria's ethnic, regional, and religious tensions were magnified by the significant disparities in economic and educational development between the south and the north.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/2836.htm (7377 words)

	Embassy of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Nigeria is situated in the West African region and lies between longitudes 3 degrees and 14 degrees and latitudes 4 degrees and 140 degrees.
		Nigeria is famous for her huge population of about 120 million people - the largest national population on the African continent.
		Nigeria's current industrial policy thrust is anchored on a guided dc-regulation of the economy and Government's dis-engagement from activities which are private-sector oriented, leaving Government to play the role of facilitator, concentrating on the provision of incentives policy and infrastructure that are necessary to enhance the private sector's role as the engine of growth.
	www.nigeriaembassyusa.org /thisisnigeria.shtml (2103 words)

	Welcome to Nigerian Planet.com
		Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa and the most populous country on the African continent.
		Born Helen Folasade Adu in a village 50 miles from Lagos, the capitol of Nigeria, she was the daughter of an African father and an English mother.
		Newly independent Nigeria's government was coalition of conservative parties: the Nigerian People's Congress (NPC), a party dominated by Northerners and those of the Islamic faith, and the Igbo-dominated National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons (NCNC) led by Nnamdi Azikiwe, who became Nigeria's maiden Governor-General in 1960.
	www.nigeria-planet.com (2393 words)

	Nigeria - GEOGRAPHY
		The elevational pattern of most of Nigeria consists of a gradual rise from the coastal plains to the northern savanna regions, generally reaching an elevation of 600 to 700 meters.
		Much of the population of southern Nigeria is located in these eastern and western coastal plains and in some of the contiguous areas of the coast and the lower Niger Basin.
		Separating the two segments of the coastal plain and extending to the northeast and northwest are the broad river basins of the Niger and Benue rivers.
	countrystudies.us /nigeria/32.htm (641 words)

	The Nigerian Embassy, Moscow, Russian Federation: Nigeria: Geography.
		Nigeria is situated in the West African region and lies between longitudes 3 degrees and 14 degrees and latitudes 4 degrees and 14 degrees.
		Nigeria's ecology varies from tropical forest in the south to dry savanna in the far north, yielding a diverse mix of plant and animal life.
		Southeastern coastal Nigeria (to the right of the Y) consists of low sedimentary plains that are essentially an extension of the southwestern coastal plains.
	www.nigerianembassy.ru /Nigeria/geography.htm (677 words)

	NIGERIA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Nigeria is an oil-rich Cinderella state that never quite made it to the ball.
		Promises of entry into Nigeria without a visa are credible indicators of fraudulent commercial schemes in which the perpetrators seek to exploit the foreign traveler's illegal presence in Nigeria through threats of extortion or bodily harm.
		Nigeria is a cash society and it is usually necessary to bring sufficient currency to cover the expenses of a planned visit.
	walmart.vacationoutlet.com /packages/show_country.asp?countryid=NG (3479 words)

	Gateway to Land and Water Information: Nigeria national report
		Nigeria's climate is characterized by strong latitudinal zones which become progressively drier as one moves northwards from the coast.
		Nigeria soils in general are highly weathered and have limited capacities for supplying the plant nutrient elements needed by crop plants.
		Nigeria from the almost inexorable water potential in the south, particularly in the Niger-Delta to almost non-available in some parts of the sahelian in the north, its distribution poses some difficulties for its multi-faceted developmental purposes.
	www.fao.org /ag/agl/swlwpnr/reports/y_sf/z_ng/ng.htm (16016 words)

	Total Nigeria - Geography
		Nigeria's equatorial position gives it its tropical climate but this doesn't mean a single environment.
		Nigeria has a tropical climate with relatively high temperatures throughout the year-average annual average maxima vary from 35oc in the north to 31oc in the south.
		There are two distinct seasons, the rainy season from April to October with a short dry spell in August and dry season from November to March, broken by a 4 - 5 week interlude during which the "harmattan," a sand-laden wind from the desert, blows.
	www.ng.total.com /01_about_nigeria/0104_geography.htm (348 words)

	Nigeria: History, Geography, Government, and Culture — Infoplease.com
		Nigeria, one-third larger than Texas and the most populous country in Africa, is situated on the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa.
		A UN fact-finding mission in 1996 reported that Nigeria's “problems of human rights are terrible and the political problems are terrifying.” During the 1970s, Nigeria had the 33rd highest per-capita income in the world, but by 1997 it had dropped to the 13th poorest.
		Nigeria: Bibliography - Bibliography See S. Hogben and A. Kirk-Greene, The Emirates of Northern Nigeria (1966); R. Nigeria: Economy - Economy The economy of Nigeria historically was based on agriculture, and more than half of the...
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0107847.html (1383 words)

	Facts About Nigeria
		Oil-rich Nigeria, long hobbled by political instability, corruption, inadequate infrastructure, and poor macroeconomic management, is undertaking some reforms under a new reform-minded administration.
		Nigeria's former military rulers failed to diversify the economy away from its overdependence on the capital-intensive oil sector, which provides 20% of GDP, 95% of foreign exchange earnings, and about 65% of budgetary revenues.
		Nigeria pulled out of its IMF program in April 2002, after failing to meet spending and exchange rate targets, making it ineligible for additional debt forgiveness from the Paris Club.
	worldfacts.us /Nigeria.htm (964 words)

	Standard 11 - Patterns and Networks of Economic Interedependence In Nigeria
		One of the fundamental concepts of economic geographic, and indeed all geography, is scale.
		Nigeria’s economy is highly dependent on the oil sector, which accounts for about 50 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) and accounts for 95 percent of the country’s foreign exchange earnings.
		In northern Nigeria, seasonal migration is regularized to the cycles of wet and dry seasons.
	www.uni.edu /gai/Nigeria/Background/Standard11.html (5858 words)

	Nigeria Geography
		Nigeria is located in Western Africa, bordering the Gulf of Guinea, between Benin and Cameroon.
		The terrain of Nigeria consists of southern lowlands merge into central hills and plateaus; mountains in southeast, plains in north
		Nigeria varies; equatorial in south, tropical in center, arid in north
	www.multied.com /NationbyNation/Nigeria/Geo.html (46 words)

	nigeria.htm
		Nigeria is located in the tropical zone of West Africa, with an area of 923 770 km
		Nigeria is a member of two regional authorities dealing with water resources management: the Niger Basin Authority and the Lake Chad Basin Commission.
		Nigeria is a country where population already exceeds the carrying capacity of its land resources when cultivated at low levels of technology.
	www.fao.org /ag/aquastat/NIGERIA.HTM (1170 words)

	An MBendi Profile: An MBendi Country Profile for Nigeria including economic and travel overviews and directories of ...
		Nigeria’s relations with its neighbours can be somewhat strained although the situation does not often deteriorate into violent incidents.
		Nigeria is Africa’s most populous country and as such is seen as one of the most promising markets for international companies.
		Nigeria has a number of chambers of commerce and industry and details of these can be found via our Organisation Search, as can details of relevant government departments.
	www.mbendi.co.za /land/af/ng/p0005.htm (1838 words)

	Facts about Nigeria and African art from Nigeria.
		Though it is thought that Nigeria still has a large and relatively unexplored archeological past, the earliest human fossil skeleton dates back about 10,000 years.
		Nigeria is a west African country bordering Cameroon to the east, Benin to the west, Niger to the north and the Gulf of Guinea to the south.
		Nigeria is the most populous African country with a total population of 132 million people.
	www.africanart.com /Nigeria.html (407 words)

	AllRefer.com - Nigeria : History : Early History (Nigeria Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		The first important centralized state to influence Nigeria was Kanem-Bornu, which probably was founded in the 8th cent.
		However, in the late 16th cent., Kanem-Bornu replaced Songhai as the leading power in N Nigeria, and the Hausa states regained their autonomy.
		In southwest Nigeria two states : Oyo and Benin : had developed by the 14th cent.; the rulers of both states traced their origins to Ife, renowned for its naturalistic terra-cotta and brass sculpture.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/N/Nigeria-history.html (451 words)

	The Nigerian Embassy -Geography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Nigeria is one of the largest countries in Africa.
		Nigeria is rich in mineral resources which include petroleum, limestone, tin, kaolin, columbite, gold, silver, coal, lead, zinc, gypsum, clay, shale, marble, graphite, iron ore, stone,zircon, wolfram, molybdenite and tantalite.
		Nigeria is a member of the International Tin Council and subscribes to the Tin Research Institute.
	www.nigerianembassy-chile.org /nigeria/xgeography.shtml (2790 words)

	MOTHERLAND NIGERIA: GEOGRAPHY (By Boomie O.)
		Nigeria now consists of 36 states, but not all maps you find today will have all the new states (most of the other ones I've seen on the net show 30, but that is out of date).
		The capital of Nigeria used to be Lagos until 1991, and is still referred to as the capital in some of the documentation you will find.
		The tropical region in the South usually has temperatures around 90°F and the subtropical regions in the North have temperatures between 60°F and 100°F. The temperature there is actually measured in Centigrade.
	www.motherlandnigeria.com /geography.html (528 words)

	Standard 17 - Historical Geography of Nigeria
		Inspired by Islamic renewal and opposition to the ruling aristocracies of northern Nigeria, the caliphate came to encompass approximately one-half of modern-day Nigeria by the end of the nineteenth century (see map).
		The amalgamation of the southern and northern Nigeria colonies occurred in 1914.
		In this way, the colonial geography of West Africa is important in understanding the development of transportation and communications infrastructure in Nigeria and its surrounding countries.
	www.uni.edu /gai/Nigeria/Background/Standard17.html (3270 words)

	Geography Of Nigeria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		If you would like to use this flag of Nigeria or any other on your website you are welcome to do so, all we ask is that you include a link back to our site on the same page.
		If you would like to use this map of Nigeria or any other on your website you are welcome to do so, all we ask is that you include a link back to our site on the same page.
		If you would like to use this information for Nigeria or any other on your website you are welcome to do so, all we ask is that you include a link back to our site on the same page.
	www.appliedlanguage.com /country_guides/nigeria_country_geography.shtml (360 words)

	MOTHERLAND NIGERIA (By Boomie O.)
		VentureTravelNetwork.com has specials to Nigeria and a mailing list that you can join.
		Nigeria Airways USA now has direct flights from New York to Lagos through April 28
		Do me a favor, (if you haven't already done so, or if you would like to do so again) and please sign the guestbook.
	www.motherlandnigeria.com (275 words)

	Nigeria - Atlapedia Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		It is bound by Benin to the west, Niger to the north, Chad to the northeast, Cameroon to the east and the Gulf of Guinea to the south.
		In May 1967 Nigeria's eastern region declared itself an independent republic called Biafra, led by Lt.Col. Odemegwu Ojukwu, which resulted in a full scale civil war between Biafra and the rest of Nigeria.
		Shagari was re-elected and on Dec. 31, 1983 the military led by Maj.Gen. Mohammed Buhari ousted the government and established himself as head of the Supreme Military Council.
	www.atlapedia.com /online/countries/nigeria.htm (1415 words)

	Nigeria Factbook
		Despite some irregularities, the April 2003 elections marked the first civilian transfer of power in Nigeria's history.
		Nigeria, Africa's most populous country, is composed of more than 250 ethnic groups; the following are the most populous and politically influential: Hausa and Fulani 29%, Yoruba 21%, Igbo (Ibo) 18%, Ijaw 10%, Kanuri 4%, Ibibio 3.5%, Tiv 2.5%
		Oil-rich Nigeria, long hobbled by political instability, corruption, inadequate infrastructure, and poor macroeconomic management, is undertaking some reforms under the new civilian administration.
	www.geography-site.co.uk /pages/countries/atlas/nigeria.html (1396 words)

	Geography of Nigeria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Satellite image of Nigeria, generated from raster graphics data supplied by The Map Library
		Nigeria is a western African country, bordering the Gulf of Guinea, between Benin and Cameroon.
		Nigeria · Rwanda · São Tomé and Príncipe · Senegal · Seychelles · Sierra Leone · Somalia · South Africa · Sudan · Swaziland · Tanzania · Togo · Tunisia · Uganda · Zambia · Zimbabwe
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Geography_of_Nigeria (275 words)

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		The country has established reserves of between 25 billion and 30 billion barrels of crude oil.
		Geography and History of Nigeria and their Culture.
		Terms of use (c) Copyright 2004-2005 Pan Ocean Oil Corporation Nigeria.
	www.panoceanoilnigeria.com /default.htm (158 words)

	License Plates of Nigeria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Nigeria became independent from Great Britain in 1960.
		The Republic of Biafra was a short-lived secessionist state in southeastern Nigeria.
		It existed from May 30, 1967 to January 15, 1970.
	www.worldlicenseplates.com /world/AF_NGRA.html (65 words)

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