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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.
Nigeria has the largest Christian population in Africa according to Pew Research Center and it has the sixth largest Christian population in the world although the Christians in Nigeria are roughly about 40%-49.3% of the country's population. [67] [68] [69] According to a 2011 Pew report, over 80 million Nigerians are Christians.
Nigeria, [a] officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. [9] It is 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 230 million. It is the most populous country in Africa, and ...
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 ...
Islam is one of the largest religions in Nigeria and the country has the largest Muslim population in Africa. [1] In 2018, the CIA World Factbook estimated that 53.5% of Nigeria's population is Muslim. [2] Islam is predominantly concentrated in the northern half of the country, with a significant Muslim minority existing in the southern region. [3]
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.