NIGERIA NIGERIA REGION EUROPE NATURAL RESOURCES INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GLOBAL RELATIONS DATE OF INDEPENDENCE OCTOBER 1 1960 FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM DATE OF CURRENT CONSTITUTION 1979 POPULATION 113828587 1999 EST AREA 356669 SQ MI CAPITAL ABUJA FORM OF GOVERNMENT REPUBLIC IN TRANSITION FROM MILITARY SYSTEM NATURAL RESOURCES PETROLEUM TIN COLUMBITE IRON ORE COAL LIMESTONE LEAD ZINC NATURAL GAS MAIN INDUSTRIES PETROLEUM PROCESSING COAL MINING PALM OIL PROCESSING PEANUTS COTTON RUBBER TEXTILES CEMENT AND OTHER CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS SHOES CHEMICALS FERTILIZER PRINTING CERAMICS STEEL PRODUCTION FOOD PROCESSING FISHING AGRICULTURE COCOA BEANS PEANUTS PALM OIL RUBBER CORN RICE SORGHUM GRAIN MILLET GRAIN CASSAVA EDIBLE ROOT YAMS CATTLE SHEEP GOATS PIGS TIMBER CURRENCY NAIRA GDP 106.2 BILLION 1998 EST GDP PER CAPITA 960 1998 EST LANGUAGES ENGLISH OFFICIAL HAUSA YORUBA IBO RELIGIONS ISLAM CHRISTIANITY TRADITIONAL AFRICAN BELIEF SYSTEMS LITERACY RATE 57 LIFE EXPECTANCY 53 YEARS MALE 54 YEARS FEMALE BIRTHRATE 42 BIRTHS PER 1000 POPULATION DEATH RATE 13 DEATHS PER 1000 POPULATION
