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NIGERIA

Capital
Abuja

Area
923,768 square km (1 km =0.62 miles), a coastal state on the shores of the Gulf of Guinea, with Benin to the west, Niger to the north, Chad to the northeast, and Cameroon to the east and southeast.

Language
English is the official languages, but there are many local languages. The main regional languages are Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba.

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17 Jul 2009 14:18:50 GMT
Active fire detection over Atlas Cove Jetty petroleum facility, Lagos, Nigeria
Nigeria - This map illustrates satellite-detected thermal anomalies (active fires) over the petroleum facility of Atlas Cove Jetty, Lagos, Nigeria. This fire location was detected by the MODIS Terra ...

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24 Feb 2009 12:09:00 GMT
MAP: Global projected land use changes, 1700-2050

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24 Feb 2009 11:37:00 GMT
MAP:GLOBAL projected changes in agricultural productivity 2080 due to climate change, incorporating the effects of carbon fertilization
Projected losses in food production due to climate change by 2080. Based on a consensus estimate of 6 climate models and two crop modelling methods, Cline (2007) concluded that by 2080, assuming a 4.4 ...