Nigeria

• Capital: Abuja
• Major Cities
  • Lagos
  • Port Harcourt
  • Kano
  • Ibadan
  • Kaduna
  • Benin City
• Major Geographical Features
  • Gulf of Guinea
  • Bight of Benin
  • Lake Chad
  • Niger River
  • Benue River
  • Jos Plateau
  • Udi Hills
• Official Name: Federal Republic of Nigeria
• Religions:
  • Muslim (50%)
  • Christian (40%)
• Languages:
  • English (official)
  • Hausa
  • Yoruba
  • Igbo (Ibo)
  • Fulani
  • other indigenous languages
• 1967-70 the Biafra War (or Nigerian Civil War) occurs
  • Some southeastern provinces of Nigeria attempted to secede and form their own nation, Biafra
• 2008: The Bakassi Peninsula is transferred to Cameroon
• 2014: The Islamic militant group Boko Haram kidnaps 276 schoolgirls in northern Nigeria
• 2014: Nigeria has 20 cases and 8 deaths from the Ebola Epidemic but is set to be Ebola-free by October 20.
• Independence: 1960 from the United Kingdom
• Government: federal republic
• Currency: naira (NGN)
• Nigeria is slightly larger than 2 Californias
• Literacy: 68%
• Climate: Mostly tropical
• Most populous nation in Africa; 7th most populous in the world
• Exports
  • Petroleum
• Home to 250 threatened animal species
• Has the highest rate of forest loss (11.1%)
• The western coast of Nigeria is part of the "Slave Coast" so called because of the large numbers of slaves exported from the area