Nigeria

Nigeria

Nigeria ranks 56th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Saudi Arabia, New Zealand, and Cuba. Memorable people born in present day Nigeria include Wole Soyinka, Dr. Alban, and Hugo Weaving. Memorable people who died in Nigeria include Siad Barre, Giovanni Battista Belzoni, and Fela Kuti. Nigeria has been the birth place of many soccer players and politicians and the death place of many politicians and writers.

Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is the most populous country in Africa. It is geographically situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea to the south in the Atlantic Ocean. It covers an area of 923,769 square kilometres (356,669 sq mi), with a population of over 211 million. Nigeria borders Niger in the north, Chad in the northeast, Cameroon in the east, and Benin in the west. Nigeria is a federal republic comprising 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, where the capital, Abuja, is located. The largest city in Nigeria is Lagos, one of the largest metropolitan areas in the world and the second-largest in Africa. Read more on Wikipedia