(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.
(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.
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Correct Answer: Option
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.
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.