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Nigeria Education
The
climate of Nigeria is tropical, so it is hot all year
round with two seasons: wet and dry. The
number of languages currently estimated and catalogued
in Nigeria is 521. This number includes 510 living
languages, 2 second languages without native speakers
and 9 extinct languages.The official language of
Nigeria, English, was chosen to facilitate the cultural
and linguistic unity of the country post-colonization by
the British. The Naira, denoted by NGN, is the
official currency used in Nigeria. The Naira is divided
into 100 Kobo. Notes are in denominations of N500, 200,
100, 50, 20, 10 and 5; coins are in denominations of N1
kobo 50, 25, 10 and 1. The population of Nigeria in 2003 was
estimated by the United Nations at 124, 009, 000, which
placed it as number 10 in population among the 193
nations of the world. It is the most populated country
in Africa. In 2003 approximately 3% of the population
was over 65 years of age, with another 44% of the
population under 15 years of age. |
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