Flag of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Image. BBC Country profiles: Nigeria



The Federal Republic of Nigeria is located on the equatorial eastern Atlantic, in West Africa, bordering Benin, Cameroon, Chad and Niger. Its southern Atlantic coast spans 853km (CIA). The River Niger flows south from the North West of the country creating a vast swamp delta where it meets the coast. The equatorial climate is characterised by six months of torrential “rainy season” followed by six months of intermittent drought. Moving North from the oil producing, Niger Delta swamp region the landscape changes to rainforest and savannah woodland, to savannah and increasingly arid desert in the Sahel region in the North. The land is therefore low lying, with some hills and plateaus in the centre, mountains in the southeast and plains in the North. The whole country covers 923,768 square kilometres, 33% of which is arable land, 3% permanent crops and the rest......

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Title: Country Profile: Nigeria
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