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World Gazetteer Results for Wamba:
NameWamba
Geographical TypeLocality
Population27137
Latitude
Longitude
CountryNigeria
Administrative DivisionNassarawa
Dictionary Results for Nigeria:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
Nigeria
    n 1: a republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea; gained
         independence from Britain in 1960; most populous African
         country [syn: Nigeria, Federal Republic of Nigeria]

2. CIA World Factbook 2002
Nigeria

   Introduction Nigeria
   --------------------
                            Background: Following nearly 16 years of
                                        military rule, a new constitution
                                        was adopted in 1999, and a peaceful
                                        transition to civilian government
                                        was completed. The president faces
                                        the daunting task of rebuilding a
                                        petroleum-based economy, whose
                                        revenues have been squandered
                                        through corruption and
                                        mismanagement, and
                                        institutionalizing democracy. In
                                        addition, the OBASANJO
                                        administration must defuse
                                        longstanding ethnic and religious
                                        tensions, if it is to build a sound
                                        foundation for economic growth and
                                        political stability.
  
   Geography Nigeria
   -----------------
                              Location: Western Africa, bordering the Gulf
                                        of Guinea, between Benin and
                                        Cameroon
                Geographic coordinates: 10 00 N, 8 00 E
                        Map references: Africa
                                  Area: total: 923,768 sq km
                                        water: 13,000 sq km
                                        land: 910,768 sq km
                    Area - comparative: slightly more than twice the size of
                                        California
                       Land boundaries: total: 4,047 km
                                        border countries: Benin 773 km,
                                        Cameroon 1,690 km, Chad 87 km, Niger
                                        1,497 km
                             Coastline: 853 km
                       Maritime claims: continental shelf: 200-m depth or to
                                        the depth of exploitation
                                        exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
                                        territorial sea: 12 NM
                               Climate: varies; equatorial in south,
                                        tropical in center, arid in north
                               Terrain: southern lowlands merge into central
                                        hills and plateaus; mountains in
                                        southeast, plains in north
                    Elevation extremes: lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
                                        highest point: Chappal Waddi 2,419 m
                     Natural resources: natural gas, petroleum, tin,
                                        columbite, iron ore, coal,
                                        limestone, lead, zinc, arable land
                              Land use: arable land: 30.96%
                                        permanent crops: 2.79%
                                        other: 66.25% (1998 est.)
                        Irrigated land: 2,330 sq km (1998 est.)
                       Natural hazards: periodic droughts; flooding
          Environment - current issues: soil degradation; rapid
                                        deforestation; urban air and water
                                        pollution; desertification; oil
                                        pollution - water, air, and soil;
                                        has suffered serious damage from oil
                                        spills; loss of arable land; rapid
                                        urbanization
            Environment - international party to: Biodiversity, Climate
                            agreements: Change, Desertification, Endangered
                                        Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of
                                        the Sea, Marine Dumping, Marine Life
                                        Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban,
                                        Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands
                                        signed, but not ratified: none of
                                        the selected agreements
                      Geography - note: the Niger enters the country in the
                                        northwest and flows southward
                                        through tropical rain forests and
                                        swamps to its delta in the Gulf of
                                        Guinea
  
   People Nigeria
   --------------
                            Population: 129,934,911
                                        note: estimates for this country
                                        explicitly take into account the
                                        effects of excess mortality due to
                                        AIDS; this can result in lower life
                                        expectancy, higher infant mortality
                                        and death rates, lower population
                                        and growth rates, and changes in the
                                        distribution of population by age
                                        and sex than would otherwise be
                                        expected (July 2002 est.)
                         Age structure: 0-14 years: 43.6% (male 28,503,211;
                                        female 28,156,976)
                                        15-64 years: 53.6% (male 35,418,119;
                                        female 34,179,802)
                                        65 years and over: 2.8% (male
                                        1,832,682; female 1,844,121) (2002
                                        est.)
                Population growth rate: 2.54% (2002 est.)
                            Birth rate: 39.22 births/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                            Death rate: 14.1 deaths/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                    Net migration rate: 0.27 migrant(s)/1,000 population
                                        (2002 est.)
                             Sex ratio: at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
                                        under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
                                        15-64 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
                                        65 years and over: 0.99 male(s)/
                                        female
                                        total population: 1.03 male(s)/
                                        female (2002 est.)
                 Infant mortality rate: 72.49 deaths/1,000 live births (2002
                                        est.)
              Life expectancy at birth: total population: 50.59 years
                                        female: 50.6 years (2002 est.)
                                        male: 50.58 years
                  Total fertility rate: 5.49 children born/woman (2002 est.)
      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 5.06% (1999 est.)
     HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/ 2.7 million (1999 est.)
                                  AIDS:
                     HIV/AIDS - deaths: 250,000 (1999 est.)
                           Nationality: noun: Nigerian(s)
                                        adjective: Nigerian
                         Ethnic groups: Nigeria, which is Africa's most
                                        populous country, is composed of
                                        more than 250 ethnic groups; the
                                        following are the most populous and
                                        politically influential: Hausa and
                                        Fulani 29%, Yoruba 21%, Igbo (Ibo)
                                        18%, Ijaw 10%, Kanuri 4%, Ibibio
                                        3.5%, Tiv 2.5%
                             Religions: Muslim 50%, Christian 40%,
                                        indigenous beliefs 10%
                             Languages: English (official), Hausa, Yoruba,
                                        Igbo (Ibo), Fulani
                              Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read
                                        and write
                                        total population: 57.1%
                                        male: 67.3%
                                        female: 47.3% (1995 est.)
  
   Government Nigeria
   ------------------
                          Country name: conventional long form: Federal
                                        Republic of Nigeria
                                        conventional short form: Nigeria
                       Government type: republic transitioning from military
                                        to civilian rule
                               Capital: Abuja; note - on 12 December 1991
                                        the capital was officially
                                        transferred from Lagos to Abuja;
                                        most federal government offices have
                                        now made the move to Abuja
              Administrative divisions: 36 states and 1 territory*; Abia,
                                        Abuja Federal Capital Territory*,
                                        Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Bauchi,
                                        Bayelsa, Benue, Borno, Cross River,
                                        Delta, Ebonyi, Edo, Ekiti, Enugu,
                                        Gombe, Imo, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano,
                                        Katsina, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara, Lagos,
                                        Nassarawa, Niger, Ogun, Ondo, Osun,
                                        Oyo, Plateau, Rivers, Sokoto,
                                        Taraba, Yobe, Zamfara
                          Independence: 1 October 1960 (from UK)
                      National holiday: Independence Day (National Day), 1
                                        October (1960)
                          Constitution: new constitution adopted May 1999
                          Legal system: based on English common law, Islamic
                                        Shariah law (only in some northern
                                        states), and traditional law
                              Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
                      Executive branch: chief of state: President Olusegun
                                        OBASANJO (since 29 May 1999); note -
                                        the president is both the chief of
                                        state and head of government
                                        head of government: President
                                        Olusegun OBASANJO (since 29 May
                                        1999); note - the president is both
                                        the chief of state and head of
                                        government
                                        cabinet: Federal Executive Council
                                        elections: president is elected by
                                        popular vote for no more than two
                                        four-year terms; election last held
                                        27 February 1999 (next to be held NA
                                        March 2003)
                                        election results: Olusegun OBASANJO
                                        elected president; percent of vote -
                                        Olusegun OBASANJO (PDP) 62.8%, Olu
                                        FALAE (APP-AD) 37.2%
                    Legislative branch: bicameral National Assembly consists
                                        of Senate (109 seats, three from
                                        each state and one from the Federal
                                        Capital Territory; members elected
                                        by popular vote to serve four-year
                                        terms) and House of Representatives
                                        (360 seats, members elected by
                                        popular vote to serve four-year
                                        terms)
                                        elections: Senate - last held 20-24
                                        February 1999 (next to be held NA
                                        March 2003); House of
                                        Representatives - last held 20-24
                                        February 1999 (next to be held NA
                                        March 2003)
                                        election results: Senate - percent
                                        of vote by party - PDP 58%, APP 23%,
                                        AD 19%; seats by party - PDP 67, APP
                                        23, AD 19; House of Representatives
                                        - percent of vote by party - PDP
                                        58%, APP 30%, AD 12%; seats by party
                                        - PDP 221, APP 70, AD 69
                       Judicial branch: Supreme Court (judges appointed by
                                        the President); Federal Court of
                                        Appeal (judges are appointed by the
                                        federal government on the advice of
                                        the Advisory Judicial Committee)
         Political parties and leaders: All People's Party or APP [leader
                                        NA]; Alliance for Democracy or AD
                                        [Alhaji Adamu ABDULKADIR]; People's
                                        Democratic Party or PDP [Audu OGBEH]
          Political pressure groups and NA
                               leaders:
             International organization ACP, AfDB, C, CCC, ECA, ECOWAS, FAO,
                         participation: G-19, G-24, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO,
                                        ICC, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC,
                                        IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol,
                                        IOC, ISO, ITU, MINURSO, MONUC, NAM,
                                        OAU, OIC, OPCW, OPEC, PCA, UN,
                                        UNAMSIL, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR,
                                        UNIDO, UNIKOM, UNITAR, UNMEE, UNMIK,
                                        UNMOP, UNMOT, UNMOVIC, UNU, UPU,
                                        WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO
   Diplomatic representation in the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Jibril
                                        AMINU
                                        consulate(s) general: Atlanta and
                                        New York
                                        FAX: [1] (202) 775-1385
                                        telephone: [1] (202) 986-8400
                                        chancery: 1333 16th Street NW,
                                        Washington, DC 20036
     Diplomatic representation from the chief of mission: Ambassador Howard
                                    US: Franklin JETER
                                        embassy: 7 Mambilla Drive, Abuja
                                        mailing address: P. O. Box 554,
                                        Lagos
                                        telephone: [234] (9) 523-0916/0906/
                                        5857/2235/2205
                                        FAX: [234] (9) 523-0353
                      Flag description: three equal vertical bands of green
                                        (hoist side), white, and green
  
   Economy Nigeria
   ---------------
                    Economy - overview: The oil-rich Nigerian economy, long
                                        hobbled by political instability,
                                        corruption, and poor macroeconomic
                                        management, is undergoing
                                        substantial economic reform under
                                        the new civilian administration.
                                        Nigeria's former military rulers
                                        failed to diversify the economy away
                                        from overdependence on the capital-
                                        intensive oil sector, which provides
                                        20% of GDP, 95% of foreign exchange
                                        earnings, and about 65% of budgetary
                                        revenues. The largely subsistence
                                        agricultural sector has failed to
                                        keep up with rapid population
                                        growth, and Nigeria, once a large
                                        net exporter of food, now must
                                        import food. Following the signing
                                        of an IMF stand-by agreement in
                                        August 2000, Nigeria received a
                                        debt-restructuring deal from the
                                        Paris Club and a $1 billion credit
                                        from the IMF, both contingent on
                                        economic reforms. The agreement was
                                        allowed to expire by the IMF in
                                        November 2001, however, and Nigeria
                                        appears unlikely to receive
                                        substantial multilateral assistance
                                        in 2002. Nonetheless, increases in
                                        foreign oil investment and oil
                                        production should push growth over
                                        4% in 2002.
                                   GDP: purchasing power parity - $105.9
                                        billion (2001 est.)
                GDP - real growth rate: 3.5% (2001 est.)
                      GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $840 (2001
                                        est.)
           GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 39%
                                        industry: 33%
                                        services: 28% (2000 est.)
         Population below poverty line: 45% (2000 est.)
     Household income or consumption by lowest 10%: 1.6%
                      percentage share: highest 10%: 40.8% (1996-97)
   Distribution of family income - Gini 50.6 (1996-97)
                                 index:
      Inflation rate (consumer prices): 14.9% (2001 est.)
                           Labor force: 66 million (1999 est.)
           Labor force - by occupation: agriculture 70%, industry 10%,
                                        services 20% (1999 est.)
                     Unemployment rate: 28% (1992 est.)
                                Budget: revenues: $3.4 billion
                                        expenditures: $3.6 billion,
                                        including capital expenditures of
                                        $NA (2000 est.)
                            Industries: crude oil, coal, tin, columbite,
                                        palm oil, peanuts, cotton, rubber,
                                        wood, hides and skins, textiles,
                                        cement and other construction
                                        materials, food products, footwear,
                                        chemicals, fertilizer, printing,
                                        ceramics, steel
     Industrial production growth rate: -0.3% (2001 est.)
              Electricity - production: 15.9 billion kWh (2000)
    Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 64.15%
                                        hydro: 35.85%
                                        other: 0% (2000)
                                        nuclear: 0%
             Electricity - consumption: 14.768 billion kWh (2000)
                 Electricity - exports: 19 million kWh (2000)
                 Electricity - imports: 0 kWh (2000)
                Agriculture - products: cocoa, peanuts, palm oil, corn,
                                        rice, sorghum, millet, cassava
                                        (tapioca), yams, rubber; cattle,
                                        sheep, goats, pigs; timber; fish
                               Exports: $20.3 billion (f.o.b., 2001 est.)
                 Exports - commodities: petroleum and petroleum products
                                        95%, cocoa, rubber
                    Exports - partners: US 46%, Spain 11%, India 6%, France
                                        5%, Brazil (2000)
                               Imports: $13.7 billion (f.o.b., 2001 est.)
                 Imports - commodities: machinery, chemicals, transport
                                        equipment, manufactured goods, food
                                        and live animals
                    Imports - partners: UK 11%, US 9%, France 9%, Germany
                                        7%, China (2000)
                       Debt - external: $32 billion (2000 est.)
              Economic aid - recipient: ODA $250 million (1998)
                              Currency: naira (NGN)
                         Currency code: NGN
                        Exchange rates: nairas per US dollar - 115 (January
                                        2002), 101.697 (2000), 92.338
                                        (1999), 21.886 (1998), 21.886 (1997)
                           Fiscal year: calendar year
  
   Communications Nigeria
   ----------------------
        Telephones - main lines in use: 500,000 (2000)
          Telephones - mobile cellular: 200,000 (2001)
                      Telephone system: general assessment: an inadequate
                                        system, further limited by poor
                                        maintenance; major expansion is
                                        required and a start has been made
                                        domestic: intercity traffic is
                                        carried by coaxial cable, microwave
                                        radio relay, a domestic
                                        communications satellite system with
                                        19 earth stations, and a coastal
                                        submarine cable; mobile cellular
                                        facilities and the Internet are
                                        available
                                        international: satellite earth
                                        stations - 3 Intelsat (2 Atlantic
                                        Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean); coaxial
                                        submarine cable SAFE (South African
                                        Far East)
              Radio broadcast stations: AM 83, FM 36, shortwave 11 (2001)
                                Radios: 23.5 million (1997)
         Television broadcast stations: 3 (the government controls 2
                                        broadcasting stations and 15
                                        repeater stations) (2002)
                           Televisions: 6.9 million (1997)
                 Internet country code: .ng
     Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 11 (2000)
                        Internet users: 100,000 (1999)
  
   Transportation Nigeria
   ----------------------
                              Railways: total: 3,557 km
                                        narrow gauge: 3,505 km 1.067-m gauge
  
                                        standard gauge: 52 km 1.435-m gauge
                                        note: years of neglect of both the
                                        rolling stock and the right-of-way
                                        have seriously reduced the capacity
                                        and utility of the system; a project
                                        to restore Nigeria's railways is now
                                        underway (2001)
                              Highways: total: 193,200 km
                                        paved: 59,892 km (including 1,194 km
                                        of expressways)
                                        note: many of the roads reported as
                                        paved may be graveled; because of
                                        poor maintenance and years of heavy
                                        freight traffic - in part the result
                                        of the failure of the railroad
                                        system - much of the road system is
                                        barely usable (2001)
                                        unpaved: 133,308 km
                             Waterways: 8,575 km
                                        note: consisting of the Niger and
                                        Benue rivers and smaller rivers and
                                        creeks
                             Pipelines: crude oil 2,042 km; petroleum
                                        products 3,000 km; natural gas 500
                                        km
                     Ports and harbors: Calabar, Lagos, Onne, Port Harcourt,
                                        Sapele, Warri
                       Merchant marine: total: 43 ships (1,000 GRT or over)
                                        totaling 331,094 GRT/614,171 DWT
                                        note: includes some foreign-owned
                                        ships registered here as a flag of
                                        convenience: Bulgaria 1, Greece 1,
                                        Norway 1, Pakistan 1, Togo 1, United
                                        States 1 (2002 est.)
                                        ships by type: bulk 1, cargo 7,
                                        chemical tanker 4, petroleum tanker
                                        29, roll on/roll off 1, specialized
                                        tanker 1
                              Airports: 70 (2001)
         Airports - with paved runways: total: 35
                                        over 3,047 m: 7
                                        2,438 to 3,047 m: 10
                                        914 to 1,523 m: 7
                                        under 914 m: 2 (2001)
                                        1,524 to 2,437 m: 9
       Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 35
                                        1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
                                        914 to 1,523 m: 14
                                        under 914 m: 18 (2001)
                             Heliports: 1 (2001)
  
   Military Nigeria
   ----------------
                      Military branches: Army, Navy, Air Force, Police Force
       Military manpower - military age: 18 years of age (2002 est.)
       Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 30,808,598 (2002
                                         est.)
    Military manpower - fit for military males age 15-49: 17,698,911 (2002
                                service: est.)
   Military manpower - reaching military males: 1,375,112 (2002 est.)
                           age annually:
          Military expenditures - dollar $374.9 million (FY01)
                                 figure:
      Military expenditures - percent of 1% (FY01)
                                    GDP:
  
   Transnational Issues Nigeria
   ----------------------------
              Disputes - international: Nigeria disputes several villages
                                        with Benin along the Okpara River,
                                        and only 35 km of their common
                                        boundary are demarcated; the Benin-
                                        Niger-Nigeria tripoint remains
                                        undemarcated; Lake Chad Basin
                                        Commission urges signatories
                                        Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria
                                        to ratify delimitation treaty over
                                        lake region, the site of continuing
                                        armed clashes; oral arguments on the
                                        land and maritime boundary disputes
                                        between Cameroon and Nigeria were
                                        presented to the ICJ; disputes
                                        center around Bakasi Peninsula,
                                        where armed clashes continue, Bouram
                                        Island on Lake Chad, and the
                                        maritime boundary and economic zone
                                        dispute in the Gulf of Guinea, which
                                        also involves Equatorial Guinea;
                                        Nigeria requests and Chad rejects
                                        redemarcation of boundary, which
                                        lacks clear demarcation in sections
                                        and has caused several cross-border
                                        incidents
                         Illicit drugs: a transit point for heroin and
                                        cocaine intended for European, East
                                        Asian, and North American markets;
                                        safehaven for Nigerian
                                        narcotraffickers operating worldwide
  
                                       



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