Nigeirie

Federal Republic o Nigerie Jamhuriyar Taraiyar Nijeriya  (Hausa) Orílẹ̀-èdè Olómìnira Àpapọ̀ Nàìjíríà  (Yoruba) Ọ̀hàńjíkọ̀ Ọ̀hànézè Naìjíríyà  (Igbo) Republik Federaal bu Niiseriya'  (Fula)
Banner Coat o airms
Motto: "Unity an Faith, Peace an Progress"
Anthem: Arise, O Compatriots
Location o  Nigeirie  (dark blue) – in Africa  (light blue & dark grey) – in the African Union  (light blue)
Caipital	Abuja 9°4′N 7°29′E / 9.067°N 7.483°E / 9.067; 7.483
Lairgest ceety	Lagos
Offeecial leids	Inglis
Major leids	Hausa Igbo Yoruba
Ither leids[1]	Leet Edo Efik Fulani Idoma Ijaw Kanuri Itsekiri Urhobo-Isoko Igala Igbira Nupe Ibibio Gwari Tiv Birom Margi Jukun Katab
Ethnic groups (2013[2])	21% Yoruba 21% Hausa 18% Igbo 11% Fulani 7% Efik-Ibibio 4% Kanuri 3% Tiv 3% Edo 2% Ijaw 10% ithers[2][3][4][5]
Demonym(s)	Nigerian
Govrenment	Federal presidential republic
• Preses	Muhammadu Buhari
• Vice-Preses	Yemi Osinbajo
• Senate Preses	Ahmed Lawan
• Speaker o the Hoose	Femi Gbajabiamila
• Chief Juistice	Juistice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad
Legislatur	Naitional Assembly
• Upper house	Senate
• Lower house	Hoose o Representatives
Unthirldom  frae the Unitit Kinrick
• Unification o Soothren an Northren Nigerie	1914
• Declared an recognised	1 October 1960
• Republic declared	1 October 1963
Aurie
• Total	923,768 km2 (356,669 sq mi) (32nd)
• Water (%)	1.4
Population
• 2013 estimate	174,507,539[6] (7t)
• 2006 census	140,431,790
• Density	188.9/km2 (489.2/sq mi) (71st)
GDP (PPP)	2013 estimate
• Total	$478.526 billion[7] (30t)
• Per capita	$2,827[7]
GDP (nominal)	2013 estimate
• Tot	$292.028 billion[7] (38t)
• Per capita	$1,725[7]
Gini (2010)	48.8[8] heich
HDI (2012)	0.471[9] law · 153rd
Currency	Naira (₦) (NGN)
Time zone	UTC+1 (WAT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (nae observed)
Drivin side	richt
Cawin code	+234
ISO 3166 code	NG
Internet TLD	.ng

Nigerie, or the Confiderat Republic o Nigeirie, is a federal constitutional republic comprisin thirty-sax states an its Federal Caipital Territory, Abuja. The kintra is locatit in Wast Africae an shares laundmairches wi the Republic o Benin in the wast, Chad an Cameroon in the east, an Niger in the north. Its coast in the sooth lies on the Gulf o Guinea on the Atlantic Ocean. The three lairgest an maist influential ethnic groups in Nigerie are the Hausa, Igbo an Yoruba. In terms o releegion Nigerie is roughly split hauf an hauf atween Muslims an Christians wi a vera sma minority wha practise traditional releegion.

The fowk o Nigerie hae an extensive history. Archaeological evidence shows that human habitation o the aurie dates back tae at least 9000 BC.^[10] The aurie aroond the Benue an Cross River is thocht tae be the oreeginal hameland o the Bantu migrants wha spread athort maist o central an soothren Africae in waves atween the 1st millennium BC an the 2nt millennium.

The name Nigerie wis taken frae the Niger River runnin throu the kintra. This name wis coined bi Flora Shaw, the futur wife o Baron Lugard, a Breetish colonial admeenistrator, in the late 19t century.

Nigeria is the maist populous kintra in Africae, the seivent maist populous kintra in the warld, an the maist populous kintra in the warld in whilk the majority o the population is black. It is leetit amang the "Next Eleiven" economies, an is a member o the Commonweel o Naitions. The economy o Nigerie is ane o the fastest growin in the warld, wi the International Monetary Fund projectin a growthe o 9% in 2008 an 8.3% in 2009.^{[11][12][13][14]}

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