National capital: Abuja [on 12 December 1991 the capital was officially moved from Lagos to Abuja; some government offices remain in Lagos pending completion of facilities in Abuja and Lagos remains hub of commerce]
Administrative divisions: 36 states and 1 federal capital territory*: Abia, Abuja Federal Capital Territory*, Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Benue, Borno, Cross River, Delta, Ebonyi, Edo, Ekiti, Enugu, Gombe, Imo, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara, Lagos, Nassarawa, Niger, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Oyo, Plateau, Rivers, Sokoto, Taraba, Yobe, Zamfara
Location: Western Africa, bordering the Gulf of Guinea, between Benin and Cameroon
Area:
total:
923,770 sq km
land: 910,770
sq km
water: 13,000
sq km
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
Climate: varies;
equatorial in south, tropical in center, arid in north