Abuja | |
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City | |
Coordinates: 9°4′0″N 7°29′0″E / 9.06667°N 7.48333°E | |
Kintra | Nigerie |
Territory | Federal Caipital Territory (Nigerie) |
Foondit | 1828 |
Govrenment | |
• Minister | Bala Mohammed |
Area | |
• City | 713 km2 (275 sq mi) |
• Laund | 713 km2 (275 sq mi) |
Elevation | 840 m (2,760 ft) |
Population (2012)[1] | |
• City | 979,876 |
• Density | 1,400/km2 (3,600/sq mi) |
• Metro | 3,000,000 |
[2] | |
Time zone | UTC+1 (WAT) |
Postal code | 900211 tae 900288 |
Website | fct.gov.ng/fcta |
Abuja is the caipital ceety o Nigerie. It is locatit in the centre o Nigerie, athin the Federal Caipital Territory (FCT). Abuja is a planned ceety,[3] an wis biggit mainly in the 1980s. It offeecially became Nigerie's caipital on 12 December 1991, replacin Lagos. At the 2006 census, the ceety o Abuja haed a population o 776,298.