Everything you need to know about Nigeria
Explore Nigeria from Lagos and the Niger Delta to the Jos Plateau, northern trading cities and eastern highlands. Learn 36 states plus the FCT, place 30 cities, follow 11 waters and discover ten illustrated topics with eighty reviewed quiz questions. Begin Hausa, Yoruba or Igbo, three of the countryโs many languages.
Read it, then make it stick
Geography of Nigeria
The Niger and Benue meet at Lokoja between the northern savannas and a wetter Atlantic south.
Know the shape of the country
Find all 36 states and the separate Federal Capital Territory, then place 30 cities. Follow six rivers, Kainji Reservoir, Lake Chad, two bights and the wider Gulf of Guinea. The Niger continues through Guinea, Mali and Niger; the Benue includes Cameroon. Natural Earth 1:10m geometry is public domain. City pins mark approximate settlement centres.
Places worth visiting
Essential ยท Heritage
Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove
A sacred forest with shrines and sculpture associated with Yoruba religious practice. This living cultural landscape became a UNESCO World Heritage property in 2005.
Explore fifteen representative heritage, city and nature places, from sacred Osogbo and Sukurโs stone landscape to river confluences and Lagos architecture. Priorities organise learning, not travel routes. Pins are approximate representative locations; check current official advice and local access before planning a visit. Select a pin to read about a place, then play the map and find them all.
Take Hausa with you
Greetings and politeness
Hello, please, thank you, sorry: the eleven openers everything else builds on.
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