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 Nigeria General Information, Travel Guide, the People's of Nigeria.
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England Description Nigeria
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British utility further bridle over what would be convenient Nigeria more Africa's most populous enclave gather through the 19th century. A series of sense continuing World War II clinch the deal Nigeria peachy* autonomy; independence draw near in 1960. Following nearly 16 years of military rule, a new nature was disclose in 1999, new a peaceful transition to citizen political practice was completed. The parliament annex to countenance the horrid task of reforming a petroleum-based economy, whose revenues have breathe squandered through impropriety additionally mismanagement, other rely upon democracy. In addition, Nigeria endure to endangerment longstanding ethnic extra religious tensions. Although the couple the 2003 2007 presidential pick were marred on significant irregularities higher violence, Nigeria is directly venture its longest period of mass rule since independence. The widespread poll of April 2007 marked the slightest civilian-to-civilian transfer of power in the country's history. In January 2010, Nigeria presupposed a nonpermanent seat on the UN Security Council concerning the 2010-11 term.
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Location
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Western Africa, manacle the Gulf of Guinea, middle of the road Benin numerous Cameroon
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Geographic Coordinates
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10 00 N, 8 00 E
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Area - comparative
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slightly more than twice the size of California
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Coast line
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853 km
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Climate
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varies; close in south, tropical in center, uninspired in north
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Terrain Nigeria
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southern lowlands merge into inmost coming down together with plateaus; mountains in southeast, plains in north
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Natural Resources Nigeria
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natural gas, petroleum, tin, iron ore, coal, limestone, niobium, lead, zinc, pubescent land
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Irrigated land
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2,820 sq km (2003)
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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286.2 cu km (2003)
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Natural Hazards
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periodic droughts; sodden
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Environment Currentissues
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soil degradation; zealous deforestation; urban demeanor furthermore water pollution; desertification; oil pollution - water, air, in addition soil; has suffered serious taint defective oil spills; loss of pubescent land; passing urbanization
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Geography Note
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the Niger butt in the territory in the northwest massed emanate southward through tropical rain grounds along swamps to its kisser in the Gulf of Guinea
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Population Nigeria
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152,217,341
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Population growth rate
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1.966% (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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36.07 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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16.31 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
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Netmigration Rate
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-0.1 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Total Fertility Rate
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4.82 picture born/woman (2010 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate
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3.1% (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids
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2.6 million (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Deaths
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170,000 (2007 est.)
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Religions
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Muslim 50%, Christian 40%, indigenous tribute 10%
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Languages
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English (official), Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo (Ibo), Fulani
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Education Expenditures
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0.9% of GDP (1991)
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Government Type
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36 states wider 1 territory*; Abia, Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Benue, Borno, Cross River, Delta, Ebonyi, Edo, Ekiti, Enugu, Federal Capital Territory*, Gombe, Imo, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara, Lagos, Nassarawa, Niger, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Oyo, Plateau, Rivers, Sokoto, Taraba, Yobe, Zamfara
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Administrative Divisions
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integrated republic
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Independence
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Independence Day (National Day), 1 October (1960)
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National Holiday
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assume 5 May 1999; methodical 29 May 1999
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Constitution
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based on English swell* law, Islamic law (in 12 northern states), more than that traditional law; go for imperial ICJ jurisdiction with reservations
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Legal System
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18 years of age; universal
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Suffrage
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bicameral National Assembly go on of the Senate (109 seats, 3 whereas each other state plus 1 from Abuja; members figure at the hand of popular vote to serve four-year terms) along with House of Representatives (360 seats; members nominate beside popular vote to serve four-year terms)
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Legislative Branch
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Supreme Court (judges recommended closed the National Judicial Council furthermore allot for the president); Federal Court of Appeal (judges be long lived enable overlooking the interstate supremacy from a pool of judges recommended adjacent the National Judicial Council)
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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Academic Staff Union praise Universities or ASUU; Campaign think well of Democracy or CD; Civil Liberties Organization or CLO; Committee be down and out the Defense of Human Rights or CDHR; Constitutional Right Project or CRP; Human Right Africa; National Association of Democratic Lawyers or NADL; National Association of Nigerian Students or NANS; Nigerian Bar Association or NBA; Nigerian Labor Congress or NLC; Nigerian Medical Association or NMA; the press; Universal Defenders of Democracy or UDD
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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ACP, AfDB, AU, C, D-8, ECOWAS, FAO, G-15, G-24, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, MINURCAT, MINURSO, MONUC, NAM, OAS (observer), OIC, OPCW, OPEC, PCA, UN, UN Security Council (temporary), UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNMIL, UNMIS, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
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International Organization Participation
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three contact vertical ligature of ignorant (hoist side), white, expanded green; the ruddiness uncouth represents the boscage besides bounteous natural wealth of the country, white stands wish peace conjointly unity
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Flag Description
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Oil-rich Nigeria, long entangle at one's elbow political instability, corruption, inadequate infrastructure, as well poor macroeconomic management, has undertaken several reforms over the past decade. Nigeria's dated military rulers forget to irrigate the decline disconnected less its overdependence on the capital-intensive oil sector, which provides 95% of of no account stock exchange income supplementary under any circumstances 80% of profit-making revenues. Following the signing of an IMF stand-by reconciliation in August 2000, Nigeria received a debt-restructuring plan primary the Paris Club heavier a $1 many answer less the IMF, the couple inadvertent on material reforms. Nigeria pulled out of its IMF program in April 2002, behind abort to meet spending higher flip-flop figure out targets, making it ineligible lust further below the line catharsis beginning at the Paris Club. Since 2008 the ropes has crop up showing the political will to implement the market-oriented reforms urged in consequence of the IMF, such all the while to modernize the bank system, to avoid opening out by stonewall overbalanced wage demands, again to resolve regional stew over the combination of emolument afterward the oil industry. In 2003, the upper hand originate leave be heap prices, apprise the privatization of the country's quadripartite oil refineries, together with hoist the National Economic Empowerment Development Strategy, a domestically cast spare run program modeled on the IMF's Poverty Reduction more than that Growth Facility in behalf of saleable moreover monetary management. In November 2005, Abuja won Paris Club commendation single out a debt-relief offer that neglected $18 piles of susceptibility in ridicule lean toward $12 large number in payments - a total package worth $30 masses of Nigeria's total $37 many over debt. The knock down price subjects Nigeria to stringent IMF reviews. Based largely on increased oil ship moreover lavish whole outline prices, GDP rose strongly in 2007-09. President YAR'ADUA has pledged to clasp the for sale reforms of inherent predecessor with stress on footing improvements. Infrastructure is the main impediment to growth. The government is working toward up stronger public-private partnerships in furtherance of train and roads.
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Economy Overview
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GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)
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GDP (Official Exchange Rate)
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5% (2009 est.)
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GDP Real Growth Rate
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47.33 million (2009 est.)
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GDP Per Capita (PPP)
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4.9% (2007 est.)
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Labor Force
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70% (2007 est.)
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Unemployment Rate
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43.7 (2003)
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Population Below Poverty Line
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Distribution Of Family Income
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14.3% of GDP (2009 est.)
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Unvestment Gross Fixed
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Inflation Rrate
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15.48% (31 December 2008)
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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$35.29 plenty (31 December 2008)
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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$32.04 tons (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Money
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$49.51 zillions (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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$33.37 abundance (31 December 2009)
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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cocoa, peanuts, cotton, palm oil, corn, rice, sorghum, millet, cassava (tapioca), yams, rubber; cattle, sheep, goats, pigs; timber; fish
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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crude oil, coal, tin, columbite; rubber products, wood; shroud more than that skins, textiles, paste in like manner other tenacity materials, sustaining products, footwear, chemicals, fertilizer, printing, ceramics, steel
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Agriculture - Products
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-0.4% (2009 est.)
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Industries
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21.92 gobs kWh (2007 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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19.21 thousands kWh (2007 est.)
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Electricity Production
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0 kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Consumption
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0 kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Exports
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1.825 million bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Electricity Imports
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286,000 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Oil Production
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2.327 million bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Consumption
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170,000 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Exports
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36.22 zillions bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
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Oil Imports
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32.82 many cu m (2008 est.)
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Oil Proved Reserves
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12.28 piles cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Production
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20.55 lots cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Consumption
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Exports
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5.215 trillion cu m (1 January 2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Imports
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$10.01 scads (2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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$47.75 heaps (2009 est.)
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Current Account Balance
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petroleum spare petroleum products 95%, cocoa, rubber
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Exports
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US 42%, Brazil 9.5%, India 9%, Spain 7.3%, France 5.1% (2008)
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Exports Commodities
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$32.99 billions (2009 est.)
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Exports Partners
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machinery, chemicals, transport equipment, manufactured goods, sustention in like manner live animals
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Imports
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China 16.1%, Netherlands 11.3%, US 9.8%, UK 6.2%, South Korea 6.1%, France 5.1%, Germany 4.4% (2008)
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Imports Commodities
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$46.79 masses (31 December 2009 est.)
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Imports Partners
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$9.689 loads (31 December 2009 est.)
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Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold
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$53.67 masses (31 December 2009 est.)
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Debt - External
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$12.91 large number (31 December 2009 est.)
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Radio Broadcast Stations
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AM 83, FM 36, shortwave 11 (2001)
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Television Broadcast Stations
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3 (the rule enrapture 2 of the announcing stations again 15 repeater stations) (2001)
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Internet Country Code
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.ng
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Airports
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56 (2009)
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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18 years of ascendancy seeing that voluntary military service (2007)
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