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Vrindavan (pronounced [ʋɾɪnˈdɑːʋən] ⓘ; IAST: Vṛndāvana), also spelt Vrindaban and Brindaban, [3] is a historical city in the Mathura district of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is located in the Braj Bhoomi region and holds religious importance for Hindus who believe that Krishna , one of the main Gods in Hinduism , spent most of his ...
Bayelsa State: 1 October 1996 Rivers State: Benue State: 3 February 1976 Benue-Plateau State: Borno State: 3 February 1976 North-Eastern State: Cross River State: 27 May 1967 South-Eastern State: Delta State: 27 August 1991 Bendel State: Ebonyi State: 1 October 1996 Enugu State and Abia State: Edo State: 27 August 1991 Bendel State: Ekiti State ...
The military and the Nigerian state, 1966–1993: a study of the strategies of political power control. Trenton, New Jersey: Africa World Press. ISBN 978-1-59221-568-3. Solomon Akhere Benjamin (1999). The 1996 state and local government reorganizations in Nigeria. Ibadan: Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research. ISBN 978-181-238-9.
Map of Nigerian states by population density The following table presents a listing of Nigeria 's 36 states ranked in order of their total population based on the 2006 Census figures, [ 1 ] as well as their 2019 projected populations, which were published by the National Bureau of Statistics .
Cross River State: The People's Paradise Delta State: The Big Heart Ebonyi State: Salt of the Nation Edo State: Heartbeat of The Nation Ekiti State: Land of Honour and Integrity Enugu State: Coal City State Gombe State: Jewel of the Savannah Imo State: Eastern Heartland (formerly Land of Hope) Jigawa State: The New World Kaduna State
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Northern Nigeria and Southern Nigeria were also sometimes known as the Northern Provinces or Southern Provinces respectively. Currently, Nigeria is a federation of 36 states. The first use of provinces was in Northern Nigeria after Britain took over administration of the area from the Royal Niger Company in 1900. The British originally divided ...
The Mid-Western Region was a division of Nigeria from 1963 to 1991, from 1976 being known as the Bendel state. [1] [2] It was formed in June 1963 from Benin and Delta provinces of the Western Region, and its capital was Benin City. It was renamed a province in 1966, and in 1967 when the other provinces were divided into several states, it ...