Abuja

Abuja
Abuja
Local government area
	Federal capital city
	From top (L–R): View of a street in Maitama District, Abuja National Mosque, Zuma Rock, fountain in Millennium Park, Central Bank headquarters, and nighttime skyline of Central Business District, Abuja
	Nickname: ABJ
	Abuja Location of Abuja in Nigeria Abuja Abuja (Africa)
	Coordinates: 9°4′N 7°29′E / 9.067°N 7.483°E
Country	Nigeria
Territory	Federal Capital Territory
Settled	1828
Incorporated	1 October 1984
Declared capital	12 December 1991
Government
• City Planner	Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA)
• City Management	Abuja Metropolitan Management Council (AMMC)
Area
• Local government area	1,769 km2 (683 sq mi)
• Urban	713 km2 (275 sq mi)
Elevation	840 m (2,760 ft)
Population (2011 estimate)
• Local government area	1,235,880
• Rank	7th
• Density	700/km2 (1,800/sq mi)
• Urban	2,440,000
• Urban density	3,423/km2 (8,870/sq mi)
• Metro	6,000,000 (estimated)
Time zone	UTC+1 (GMT+1)
Postal codes	900211–900288
Climate	Aw
Website	www.fcta.gov.ng

Abuja (/əˈbuːdʒə/)^[2] is a city in Nigeria. It is the national capital of Nigeria. Around 2.5 million people live there. Abuja is in the middle of the country, in the center of the Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria.^[3] It replaced Lagos, the country's most populous city but very small in size, as the capital on 12 December 1991.^[4]

Abuja is a planned city, which means that architects designed it specifically to be Nigeria's capital city. Construction of the first parts of the city was finished in the late 1980s.^[5]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "Federal Capital Territory (Nigeria)". City Population. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
↑ "Define Abuja's at Dictionary.com". dictionary.com. Random House, Inc. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
↑ http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/abuja's
↑ "Life of poverty in Abuja's wealth". 2007-02-13. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
↑ Oke, Steve (9 October 2016). "History of Abuja - How it Was Created & Chosen as Nigeria's Capital".

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[City_Population-1] 1.0 ^1.1 "Federal Capital Territory (Nigeria)". City Population. Retrieved 26 October 2015.

[2] "Define Abuja's at Dictionary.com". dictionary.com. Random House, Inc. Retrieved 14 April 2015.

[3] ttp://dictionary.reference.com/browse/abuja's

[4] "Life of poverty in Abuja's wealth". 2007-02-13. Retrieved 2021-05-04.

[5] Oke, Steve (9 October 2016). "History of Abuja - How it Was Created & Chosen as Nigeria's Capital".

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