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some facts :
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ni.html

http://www.ladsoflagos.com/Facts.htm

Population
Nigeria: 130,000,000
Lagos city: 10,013,600 and raising

Government
Parliamentary democracy, not every one agrees about that fact.

Ethnic Groups
Nigeria, which is Africa’s most populous country, is composed of more than 250 ethnic groups; the following are the most populous and politically influential: Hausa and Fulani 29%, Yoruba 21%, Igbo (Ibo) 18%, Ijaw 10%, Kanuri 4%, Ibibio 3.5%, Tiv 2.5%

Languages
English (official), Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo (Ibo), Fulani

Literacy
68%

Religion
Muslim 50%, Christian 40%, indigenous beliefs 10%

Climate
Average highs and lows for Lagos are 31� C and 23� C in January and 28� C and 23� C in June. Mean annual precipitation at Lagos is about 1,900 millimeters; at Ibadan, only about 140 kilometers north of Lagos, mean annual rainfall drops to around 1,250 millimeters. Moving north from Ibadan, mean annual rainfall in the west is in the range of 1,200 to 1,300 millimeters.
Lagos climate on the other hand is dry and slightly humid with temperature varying between 32 and 35 degrees centigrade.
The Nigerian climate is generally tropical and wet, with well defined wet and dry seasons. Nights are cool and temperatures will drop from 43�C (109�F) in January day, to 4�C (39�F) in the evening. The rainy season is from April to October. Harmattan winds blows across from the Sahara Desert during the dry season.

GDP Growth Rate
1.6%

Inflation
12%

Imports
machinery, chemicals, transport equipment, manufactured goods, food and live animals

Exports
petroleum and petroleum products 95%, cocoa, rubber

Trading Partners
USA, EU, and Japan

Industries
crude oil, coal, tin, columbite, palm oil, peanuts, cotton, rubber, wood, hides and skins, textiles, cement and other construction materials, food products, footwear, chemicals, fertilizer, printing, ceramics, steel

Geography
Nigeria has borders with Niger to the north, Chad (across Lake Chad) to the northeast, Cameroon to the east and Benin to the west. To the south, the Gulf of Guinea is indented by the Bight of Benin and the Bight of Biafra. The country�s topography and vegetation vary considerably. The coastal region is a low-lying area of lagoons, sandy beaches and mangrove swamps, which merges into an area of rainforest where palm trees grow to over 30m (100ft). From here, the landscape changes to savannah and open woodland, rising to the Central Jos Plateau at 1800m (6000ft). The northern part of the country is desert and semi-desert, marking the southern extent of the Sahara.
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