{"country_code":"NG","name":"Nigeria","section":{"Area":{"land":{"text":"910,768 sq km"},"total ":{"text":"923,768 sq km"},"water":{"text":"13,000 sq km"}},"Area - comparative":{"text":"about six times the size of Georgia; slightly more than twice the size of California"},"Climate":{"text":"varies; equatorial in south, tropical in center, arid in north"},"Coastline":{"text":"853 km"},"Elevation":{"highest point":{"text":"Chappal Waddi 2,419 m"},"lowest point":{"text":"Atlantic Ocean 0 m"},"mean elevation":{"text":"380 m"}},"Geographic coordinates":{"text":"10 00 N, 8 00 E"},"Geography - note":{"text":"the Niger River enters the country in the northwest and flows southward through tropical rainforests and swamps to its delta in the Gulf of Guinea"},"Irrigated land":{"text":"2,188 sq km (2017)"},"Land boundaries":{"border countries":{"text":"Benin 809 km; Cameroon 1,975 km; Chad 85 km; Niger 1,608 km"},"total":{"text":"4,477 km"}},"Land use":{"agricultural land":{"text":"76.2% (2023 est.)"},"agricultural land: arable land":{"text":"arable land: 40.5% (2023 est.)"},"agricultural land: permanent crops":{"text":"permanent crops: 8.1% (2023 est.)"},"agricultural land: permanent pasture":{"text":"permanent pasture: 27.6% (2023 est.)"},"forest":{"text":"19.1% (2023 est.)"},"other":{"text":"4.7% (2023 est.)"}},"Location":{"text":"Western Africa, bordering the Gulf of Guinea, between Benin and Cameroon"},"Major aquifers":{"text":"Lake Chad Basin, Lullemeden-Irhazer Aquifer System"},"Major lakes (area sq km)":{"fresh water lake(s)":{"text":"Lake Chad (endorheic lake shared with Niger, Chad, and Cameroon) - 10,360-25,900 sq km<br>note - area varies by season and year to year"}},"Major rivers (by length in km)":{"text":"Niger river mouth (shared with Guinea [s], Mali, Benin, and Niger) - 4,200 km<br><br><strong>note:</strong>\u00a0[s] after country name indicates river source; [m] after country name indicates river mouth"},"Major watersheds (area sq km)":{"Atlantic Ocean drainage":{"text":"Niger (2,261,741 sq km)"},"Internal (endorheic basin) drainage":{"text":"Lake Chad (2,497,738 sq km)"}},"Map references":{"text":"Africa"},"Maritime claims":{"continental shelf":{"text":"200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation"},"exclusive economic zone":{"text":"200 nm"},"territorial sea":{"text":"12 nm"}},"Natural hazards":{"text":"periodic droughts; flooding"},"Natural resources":{"text":"natural gas, petroleum, tin, iron ore, coal, limestone, niobium, lead, zinc, arable land"},"Population distribution":{"text":"largest population of any African nation; significant population clusters are scattered throughout the country, with the highest density areas being in the south and southwest, as shown in this population distribution map"},"Terrain":{"text":"southern lowlands merge into central hills and plateaus; mountains in southeast, plains in north"}},"section_name":"Geography","success":true,"version":"v1"}