- Chats in Abia
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Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a sovereign country located in West Africa, in the Gulf of Guinea, whose form of government is the presidential federal republic. Its territory is composed of 36 federated states and a federal district. Its total population is 186 053 386 inhabitants. The capital is Abuja, with 1 178 568 inhabitants, and its most populous city and former capital is Lagos, with 13 123 000 inhabitants. The appearance of human presence in the area of Nigeria is dated around 9000 a. C., although it was probably inhabited previously.
The area around the Benue River and the Cross River is the place of origin of the Bantu that spread in waves throughout Central and Southern Africa from the 5th century BC. C. Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa and the seventh in the world. It is also grouped within the Next Eleven that is a group of countries with great prospects for investment and growth in the future. Nigeria's economy is the largest in Africa and one of the fastest growing in the world, with growth estimates of 9% in 2008 and 8.3% in 2009. The IMF expects Nigeria to grow 8%.% in 2011.