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    Introduction


    Following nearly 16 years of military rule, a new constitution was adopted in 1999, and a peaceful transition to civilian government was completed. The president faces the daunting task of rebuilding a petroleum-based economy, whose revenues have been squandered through corruption and mismanagement, and institutionalizing democracy. In addition, the OBASANJO administration must defuse longstanding ethnic and religious tensions, if it is to build a sound foundation for economic growth and political stability. Despite some irregularities, the April 2003 elections marked the first civilian transfer of power in Nigeria's history.


    Location


    Western Africa, bordering the Gulf of Guinea, between Benin and Cameroon


    Geographic coordinates


    10 00 N, 8 00 E


    Area


    total: 923,768 sq km water: 13,000 sq km land: 910,768 sq k


    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


    Maritime claims


    territorial sea: 12 NM exclusive economic zone: 200 NM continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation


    Climate


    varies; equatorial in south, tropical in center, arid in north


    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


    Natural resources


    natural gas, petroleum, tin, columbite, iron ore, coal, limestone, lead, zinc, arable land


    Land use


    arable land: 30.96% permanent crops: 2.79% other: 66.25% (1998 est.)


    Irrigated land


    2,330 sq km (1998 est.)


    Natural hazards


    periodic droughts; flooding


    Environment - current issues


    soil degradation; rapid deforestation; urban air and water pollution; desertification; oil pollution - water, air, and soil; has suffered serious damage from oil spills; loss of arable land; rapid urbanization


    Environment - international agreements


    party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements


    Geography - note


    the Niger enters the country in the northwest and flows southward through tropical rain forests and swamps to its delta in the Gulf of Guinea


    Population


    137,253,133 note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2004 est.)


    Capital


    Abuja; note - on 12 December 1991 the capital was officially transferred from Lagos to Abuja; most federal government offices have now made the move to Abuja


    Phone Code


    +234


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