(a) Draw a sketch map of Nigeria. On the map, show, and name: (i) Latitudes...
(a) Draw a sketch map of Nigeria. On the map, show, and name:
(i) Latitudes 4ºN and 14ºN
(ii) Longitudes 3 E and 15°E
(iii) Enugu.
(b) Describe Nigeria under the following headings
(i) size
(ii) location:
(iii) position.
Explanation
Map of Nigeria showing
Latitude 4ºN and 14ºN, Longitude 3ºE and 15ºE
(b) Description of Nigeria under the following headings:
(i)Size:
- It has a total area of 923, 768 km\(^{2}\)
- Stretches 1,100 km North to South
- Stretches 1,300 km East to West
- Population is above 140 million
- Covers one-seventh (1/7) of the total land area of West Africa
- 4th Largest in West Africa
- 4 times the size of Ghana
- 13 times the size of Sierra Leone.
- Most populous country in West Africa
(ii)Location:
- In West Africa
- Located in the African continent
- North of the equator
- Northern latitudinal limit is 14°N
- Southern altitudinal limit is 14°N
- Westernmost longitudinal limit is 3°E
- Eastern most longitudinal limit is 15°E
- Latitudinal extent is 10 º
- Longitudinal extent is 12º
- Almost equidistant from all corners of Africa.
(iii)Position:
- Surrounded by Francophone countries except in the south
- Bounded in the north by Niger Republic
- Bounded in the northeast by Chad Republic.
- Bounded in the west by Benin Republic
- Bounded in the east by Cameroon Republic
-Bounded in the south by the Atlantic Ocean.
- Almost at the center of the curve made by the western part of the continent.