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Abuja (/ ə ˈ b uː dʒ ə /) is the capital and eighth most populous city of Nigeria. Situated in the middle of the country within the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), it is a planned city built mainly in the 1980s based on a master plan by International Planning Associates (IPA), a consortium of three American planning and architecture firms made up of Wallace, Roberts, McHarg & Todd (WRMT ...
www.fcta.gov.ng. ^1 Preliminary results. The Federal Capital Territory ( FCT) is a federal territory in central Nigeria. Abuja, the capital city of Nigeria, is located in this territory. The FCT was formed in 1976 [4] from parts of the states of old Kaduna, Kwara, Niger, and Plateau states, with the bulk of land mass carved out of Niger state.
Abuja National Mosque. / 9.06083°N 7.48972°E / 9.06083; 7.48972. The Abuja National Mosque ( Arabic: الجامع الوطني أبوجا ), also known as the Nigerian National Mosque, is the national mosque of Nigeria. The mosque was built in 1984 [1] and is open to the non-Muslim public, except during congregational prayers.
Tourism in Nigeria. Tourism in Nigeria centers largely on events, due to the country's ample amount of ethnic groups, but also includes rain forests, savannah, waterfalls, and other natural attractions. [1] Tourists spent US$2.6 billion in Nigeria in 2015. This dropped to US$1.5 billion in 2017.
States of Nigeria. Nigeria is a federation of 36 states. Each of the 36 states is a semi-autonomous political unit that shares powers with the federal government as enumerated under the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The Federal Capital Territory (FCT), is the capital territory of Nigeria, and it is in this territory that the ...
Nigeria is a very ethnically diverse country with 371 ethnic groups, the largest of which are the Hausa, Yoruba and the Igbo. Nigeria has one official language which is English, as a result of the British colonial rule over the nation. Nevertheless, it is not spoken as a first language in the entire country because other languages have been ...
Moshood Abiola National Stadium. Moshood Abiola National Stadium (formerly known as National Stadium, Abuja) is a multipurpose national sports stadium located in Abuja, in the Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria. The stadium serves as a home to the Nigerian national football team, as well as a center for various social, cultural, and religious ...
The Millennium Park is the largest public park of Abuja, [1] [2] [3] the capital of Nigeria and is located in the Maitama district of the city. The Millennium Park was inaugurated by Queen Elizabeth II on 4 December 2003. [4] [5] [6] It is near the former Presidential Palace close to the nucleus of presidential and administrative buildings of ...