| | Geographic Coordinates: | 10 00 N, 8 00 E | | Location: | Western Africa, bordering the Gulf of Guinea, between Benin and Cameroon | | Area: | total: 923,768 sq km
land: 910,768 sq km
water: 13,000 sq km | | Area - comparative: | slightly more than twice the size of California | | Land boundaries: | total: 4,047 km
border countries: Benin 773 km, Cameroon 1,690 km, Chad 87 km, Niger 1,497 km | | Coastline: | 853 km | | Terrain: | southern lowlands merge into central hills and plateaus; mountains in southeast, plains in north | | Elevation extremes: | lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Chappal Waddi 2,419 m | | Capital: | 36 states and 1 territory*; Abia, Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Benue, Borno, Cross River, Delta, Ebonyi, Edo, Ekiti, Enugu, Federal Capital Territory*, Gombe, Imo, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara, Lagos, Nassarawa, Niger, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Oyo, Plateau, Rivers, Sokoto, Taraba, Yobe, Zamfara |
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