Nigeria
Names and codes: GeoNames, CC BY 4.0 · Boundary: Natural Earth, public domain · Refresh date not recorded · Sources and licenses
Codes and identifiers
- ISO alpha-2
- NG
- ISO alpha-3
- NGA
- ISO numeric
- 566
- FIPS 10-4
- NI
- GeoNames ID
- 2328926
Key facts
- Capital
- Abuja
- Area
- 923,768 km²
- Population
- 195,874,740
- Currency
- Naira (NGN)
- Calling code
- +234
- Top-level domain
- .ng
- Official languages
- en-NG,ha,yo,ig,ff
Continent
- Name
- Africa
- Code
- AF
- In this dataset
- 58 countries
Location
- Latitude
- 10
- Longitude
- 8
- Min latitude
- 4.272162177000041
- Min longitude
- 2.6710819900001184
- Max latitude
- 13.880290832000057
- Max longitude
- 14.66993615700008
Boundary
The API call behind this page
Request
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
"https://geosearch.dev/v1/countries/NG?fields=iso_code,iso3_code,name,capital,population,area_sq_km,currency_code,continent_code"Response
{
"data": {
"area_sq_km": 923768,
"capital": "Abuja",
"continent_code": "AF",
"currency_code": "NGN",
"iso3_code": "NGA",
"iso_code": "NG",
"name": "Nigeria",
"population": 195874740
}
}Formatted for reading. The API returns the same JSON on one line.
Other endpoints for this country
/v1/countries/NG/regions/v1/cities?country=NG/v1/postal-codes?country=NG/v1/timezones?country=NG
Name in other languages
- Arabic
- نيجيريا
- Chinese
- 尼日利亚
- English
- Nigeria
- French
- Nigeria
- German
- Nigeria
- Hindi
- नाइजीरिया
- Italian
- Nigeria
- Japanese
- ナイジェリア
- Korean
- 나이지리아
- Portuguese
- Nigéria
- Russian
- Нигерия
- Spanish
- Nigeria
- Total language variants
- 145
The API returns any of them with ?lang=.
Time zones
| IANA ID | UTC offset | DST offset |
|---|---|---|
| Africa/Lagos | UTC+01:00 | UTC+01:00 |
Postal code format
- Format
- ######
- Pattern
^(\d{6})$
First-level administrative regions
- Kano State
- Lagos State
- Katsina State
- Rivers State
- Kaduna State
- Bauchi State
- Oyo State
- Delta State
- Jigawa State
- Anambra State
- Niger State
- Sokoto State
- Ogun State
- Benue State
- Borno State
- Zamfara State
- Kebbi State
- Imo State
- Akwa Ibom State
- Ondo State
- Edo
- Adamawa State
- Plateau State
- Enugu State
24 of 37 shown, largest first
Largest cities
| City | Population |
|---|---|
| Lagos | 15,388,000 |
| Kano | 4,910,000 |
| Ibadan | 3,649,000 |
| Abuja | 2,690,000 |
| Port Harcourt | 2,120,000 |
| Kaduna | 1,850,000 |
| Benin City | 1,782,000 |
| Onitsha | 1,553,000 |
| Aba | 1,160,000 |
| Maiduguri | 1,110,000 |
Coverage in this dataset
- Cities
- 61,429
- First-level regions
- 37
- Postal codes
- 0
- Name languages
- 145
- Boundary polygon
- Yes
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