NIGERIA

POPULATION AND CITIES

• Nigeria has a population of 128,771,988 people.
• Some major cities include Benin City, and Abuja, which also happens
• to be the Capital city of Nigeria. Some other major cities include Katsina,Lafia,
• Lagos, and Sokoto.
• http://www.mapsofworld.com/nigeria/cities. GeographyAbout.com

ETHNICITIES OF NIGERIA

• Nigeria consists of about three hundred different ethnic groups.
• One ethnic group found in Nigeria is the Igbo ethnic group. This is the main
• ethnic group found in Southeastern Nigeria. Most of the Igbo population is
• Christian. Another Ethnic group in Nigeria is the Yoruba people.Most of
• Yoruba people often live in urban areas rather than rural.

MORE ETHNIC GROUPS

• A large group of Yoruba people live in Lagos, which also
• happens to be the second largest city by population located in
• Africa. The Ijaw people are another one of the hundred ethnic groups
• in Nigeria. They are Nigeria's fifth largest ethnic group,
• Some of the traditional lands for the Ijaw people is along the Niger River Delta.

ETHNICITIES

• This area is very rich in oil. Although not much of the money
• produced from the oil industry along the Niger River Delta
• goes back to the Ijaw people, due to mismanagement of the oil
• reserves, Good luck Jonathan is part of the Ijaw ethnic group.
• http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/africa-jan-june07-ethnic_04-05/#the-run...

WARS

• The Nigerian Civil War began on July. 6th, 1967, and ended in 1970. There
• were 75,000 fatalities, This is also known as the Biafran War. This war
• began due to having a large amount of different ethnic groups living in Nigeria.
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigerian_Civil_War

NATURAL RESOURCES

• Some natural resources in Nigeria include natural gas, coal,
• iron-ore and clay, gold, salt, uranium, and oil. In Akwa Ibom State, you can
• find natural resources such as Limestone, zinc, and lignite.
• Natural resources such as Gypsum and Manganese can be found in Bayelsa State.
• http://www.nairaland.com/724526/nigerian-states-natural-resources

INDUSTRIES OF NIGERIA

• One industry in Nigeria is the oil industry. Nigeria is the
• tenth largest oil producing country in the world, and the third
• largest oil producing country in Africa. The mining industry, is the largest
• industry to Nigeria. This includes the oil and natural gas industries.
• http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Africa/Nigeria-INDUSTRY.html

GOVERNMENT

• The government of Nigeria is Federal Republic.
• http://www.nigeriaembassyusa.org/index.php?page=nigeria-past-present-and-fu...

HISTORICAL EVENT

• In the 1850's, the British began it invade around
• Lagos. Nigeria was then claimed as a British colony.
• They regained their independence on October 1st, 1960.
• http://www.ngex.com/nigeria/keyevents/default.htm

GOOD LUCK JONATHAN

• Jonathan became the leader of Nigeria in 2011.
• He was a former zoologist, who enjoys fedora hats.
• His name, ofcourse, is because he always seems to be in the
• exact right place at the exact right time for everything.
• http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-12192152

HOW LARGE IS NIGERIA?

• The land area of Nigeria Is 351,649 square
• miles. The total area is 356,667 sq miles long.

PHYSICAL FEATURES

• Some physical features in Nigeria include the Adamawa Highlands
• , the Mambilla Plateau, Obudi. Platue, Jos platue, the Niger River,
• Niger Delta, and Rivet Benue. Nigeria borders Lake Chad to the north,
• while bordering the Gulf of Guinea to the south.
• https://www.princeton.edu/~achaney/tmve/wiki100k/docs/Geography_of_Nigeria....

NIGERIA'S FLAG

CURRENT EVENT

• A Minister of Aviation, named "Olesegun Agagu" passed
• away in 2013. The plane that had been carrying his corpse and twenty
• others crashed shortly after takeoff, right into the city of Lagos. Fifteen
• of the twenty passengers were killed in the crash.
• http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/152460-11-major-events-nigerias-aviation...

AGRICULTURE

• Fishing and lumbering are part of the agriculture in Nigeria. Nigeria
• also had a variety of climates, which allows them to grow tons of different
• cash crops. Bananas, beans,yams, and cocoa beans are just a few if the many
• cash crops grown and sold here. Oil however, is what helps with most of Nigeria's
• GDP. Cattle herding is also an important part of agriculture here.

AGRICULTURE

• Poultry is also another important part of Nigeria's agriculture.
• http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/economies/Africa/Nigeria-AGRICULTURE.htm...

EDUCATION IN NIGERIA

• Nigeria has been improving on its education system over the years, but
• they still have a long way to go before they are as good as the United States.
• The current literacy rate of Nigeria is 72%. There are three years of primary schooling
• ,Three years of Junior secondary schooling, three years of Senior secondary schooling,
• and four years of a university education. The first six years are required for everyone.

CLIMATES IN NIGERIA

• Nigeria is located in the tropical zone,yet they still have a variety of
• climates. Moist air masses moves into Nigeria from the At,antic ocean, while
• hot, dry air comes up from the south. The rainy season begins in the south, around
• the coastal areas. It begins in late. February,into March, and travels North. Rain
• last normally until August. The coastal areas see the most rain in May,June, and October.

NIGERIA'S CLIMATE

• Northern Nigeria normally has the most rainfall in August.
• The temperatures in Nigeria can reach to around 73 degrees
• to 88 degrees in January, during the dry season. Some temperatures
• reach to 110 degrees during the dry season, and 42 degrees in the rainy season.
• http://traveltips.usatoday.com/weather-climate-nigeria-35435.html