Brief history of Nigeria

Brief history of Nigeria

Brief history of Nigeria

Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria is a federal constitutional republic includes thirty-six States and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is situated in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin to the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in the north. Its coast lies on the southern Gulf of Guinea on the Atlantic Ocean. The three largest and most influential ethnic groups in Nigeria are Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba. From the standpoint of religion, Nigeria split roughly equally between Muslims and Christians with a very small minority who practice traditional religion.

The people of Nigeria have a large history. Archaeological evidence shows that human habitation area dates back at least 9000 BC. The area around the Benue and Cross River, is thought to be the ancestral home of the Bantu migrants who spread over much of central and southern Africa in waves between the 1st millennium BC and the 2nd millennium.

Name of Nigeria was taken from the Niger River passes through the country. This name was coined by Flora Shaw, the future wife of Baron Lugard, a British colonial administrator in the late 19th century.

Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa, the seventh most populous country in the world and the most populous country in the world, in which the majority of the population is black. He is among the "Next Eleven" economies, and is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. The economy of Nigeria is one of the fastest growing in the world, the International Monetary Fund projecting growth of 9% in 2008 and 8,3% in 2009.

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Area

Nigeria is in West Africa, along the eastern coast of the Gulf of Guinea, and just north of the equator. It is bordered on the west by Benin, on the north by Niger and Chad, and on the east by Cameroon. Nigeria covers an area of 356,669 square miles (923,768 square kilometers), or about twice the size of California.

Structure

Nigeria has three main ecological regions: savannah, tropical forests, coastal wetlands. These ecological regions are significantly influenced culture of the people who live there. The dry, open grasslands of the savanna make cereal farming and herding a way of life for the Hausa and the Fulani. Tropical rain forest in the south are good for farming fruits and vegetables, the main producers of income for the Yoruba, Igbo, and others in this area. Small ethnic groups living on the coast, such as the Ijaw and Kalabari, forced to keep their small village due to lack of land. Living in creeks, lagoons and salt marshes makes fishing and some of the salt trade in everyday life in the area. Niger and Benue rivers gathered in the center of the country, a "Y", which separates Nigeria into three separate sections. In general, this "Y" marks the boundaries of the three main ethnic groups, the Hausa in the north, the Yoruba in the southwest and ...