Nigeria

"Nigeria, oficialmente la República Federal de Nigeria (inglés Federal Republic of Nigeria; en hausa Jamhuriyar Taraiyar Nijeriya; en igbo ha nke Ohaneze Naíjíríà; en yoruba Àpap Olómìnira il Nàìjíríà) es un país soberano situado en África occidental, en la zona del golfo de Guinea, cuya forma de gobierno es la república federal presidencialista. Su territorio está compuesto por 36 estados federados y un distrito federal. Su población total es de 181,562,056 habitantes (2015). La capital es Abuya, con 1.178.568 habitantes, y su ciudad más poblada y anterior capital es Lagos, con 7.937.932 habitantes (datos de 2006). La población humana en la zona de Nigeria se remonta a las primeras poblaciones humanas alrededor del 9.000 a. C., aunque probablemente fuera habitada con anterioridad. El área alrededor del río Benue y del río Cross es el lugar de origen del bantú que se extendió en oleadas por todo el África Central y Meridional a partir del siglo V a. C. Nigeria es el país más poblado de África y el séptimo del mundo (superando a Japón y a Rusia). También se agrupa dentro de los Próximos once (también conocido como N-11) que es un grupo de países con grandes perspectivas de inversión y crecimiento en el futuro. La economía de Nigeria es una de las más crecientes del mundo, con unas estimaciones de crecimiento del 9% en 2008 y del 8,3% en 2009. El FMI espera que Nigeria crezca un 8% en 2011."

"The Federal Republic of Nigeria /nadri/, commonly referred to as Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic in West Africa, bordering Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in the north. Its coast in the south lies on the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean. It comprises 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, where the capital, Abuja is located. Its largest cities include: Lagos, Kano, Ibadan, Benin City and Port Harcourt. Nigeria is officially a democratic secular country. Modern-day Nigeria has been the site of numerous kingdoms and tribal states over the millennia. The modern state originated from British colonial rule beginning in the 19th century, and the merging of the Southern Nigeria Protectorate and Northern Nigeria Protectorate in 1914. The British set up administrative and legal structures whilst practising indirect rule through traditional chiefdoms. Nigeria became a formally independent federation in 1960, and plunged into a civil war from 1967 to 1970. It has since alternated between democratically-elected civilian governments and military dictatorships, until it achieved a stable democracy in 1999, with the 2011 presidential elections considered the first to be reasonably free and fair. Nigeria is often referred to as the "Giant of Africa", owing to its large population and economy. With approximately 184 million inhabitants, Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa and the seventh most populous country in the world. Nigeria has one of the largest populations of youth in the world. The country is viewed as a multinational state, as it is inhabited by over 500 ethnic groups, of which the three largest are the Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba; these ethnic groups speak over 500 different languages, and are identified with wide variety of cultures. The official language is English. Nigeria is divided roughly in half between Christians, who live mostly in the southern part of the country, and Muslims in the northern part. A minority of the population practise religions indigenous to Nigeria, such as those native to Igbo and Yoruba peoples. As of 2015, Nigeria is the world's 20th largest economy, worth more than