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Nigeria (nation) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 10 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 10.0000 decimal degrees |
Long: 008 00 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 8.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Earliest identified culture in region was Nok in the 4th century BCE; part of Songhai Empire frm the 10-16th centuries; Spain and Portugal invaded in the 16th century, other Europeans during the 18-19th centuries; native king ceded Lagos to Britain in 1861; borders and administration changed often during the 19-20th centuries; official language is English, though Hausa, Yoruba, Edo, and Ibo are widely spoken. |
Names: |
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Nigeria (preferred,C,V,English-P,U,N)
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Nigeria (Vietnamese)
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Nigeria (Igbo)
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Nigeria (Ilocano)
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Nigeria (Indonesian)
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Nigeria (Latin)
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Nigeria (Danish)
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Nigeria (Norwegian (Nynorsk))
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Nigeria (Finnish)
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Nigeria (Swedish)
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Nigeria (Polish)
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Nigeria (Romanian)
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Nigeria (Spanish-P,U,N)
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Nigeria (Basque)
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Nigeria (Welsh)
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Nigeria (German)
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Nigeria (Low German)
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Nigeria (Albanian)
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Nigeria (Breton)
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Nigeria (Dutch)
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Nigeria (French)
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Nigeria (Faroese)
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Nigeria (Italian)
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Nigeria (Greenlandic)
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Nigeria (Anglo-Saxon)
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Nigeria (Norwegian (Bokmål))
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Nigeria (Romansh)
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Nigeria (Malay (macrolanguage))
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Nigeria (Norwegian)
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Nigeria (Pampanga)
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Nigeria (Northern Sami)
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Nigeria (Shona)
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Nigeria (Swahili (generic))
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Nigeria (Ido)
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Nigeria (Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association))
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Nigeria (Limburgan)
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Federal Republic of Nigeria (C,V,O,English,U,N)
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Nigéria (C,O,Magyar (Hungarian))
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Nigéria (Portuguese)
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Nigéria (Slovak)
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Nigéria (French-P,U,N)
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République fédérale du Nigéria (C,O,French,U,N)
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República Federal de Nigeria (C,O,Spanish,U,N)
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Нигерия (C,O,Bulgarian)
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Нигерия (Russian-P,U)
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Федеративная Республика Нигерия (C,O,Russian,U)
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尼日利亚 (C,O,Chinese-P,U)
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尼日利亚联邦共和国 (C,O,Chinese,U)
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ه جَيريا (C,O,Arabic-P,U)
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جُهور ةً ه جَيريا الاتحاد ةً (C,O,Arabic,U)
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NGA (C,O,ISO3L)
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NG (C,O,ISO2L)
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ISO566 (C,O,ISO3N)
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NI (C,O,FIPS)
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Nigerian (C,O,English,U,A)
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ניגריה (C,U,Hebrew )
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An Nigéir (C,U,Irish Gaelic)
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INigeria (C,U,Xhosa)
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i-Nigeria (C,U,Zulu)
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Naegyeria (C,U,Akan)
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Naigeria (C,U,Igbo)
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Naija (C,U,English)
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Nàìjíríà (C,U,Yoruba)
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Naijiriya (C,U,Yoruba)
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Nainjeria (C,U,Kikuyu)
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Naisīlia (C,U,Tonga (Tonga Islands))
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Naisilia (C,U,Tonga (Tonga Islands))
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Najeriya (C,U,Hausa)
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Nayijerya (C,U,Ganda (Ugandan language))
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Nayjeeriya (C,U,Somali)
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Nicheria (C,U,Aragonese)
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Nidjeria (C,U,Walloon)
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Nigeeria (C,U,Estonian)
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Nìgeiria (C,U,Scots Gaelic)
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Nigeri (C,U,Albanian)
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Nig·èria (C,U,Arpitan)
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Nigèria (C,U,Catalan)
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Nigèria (Occitan)
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Nígería (C,U,Icelandic)
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Nigeria nutome (C,U,Ewe)
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Nigérie (C,U,Czech)
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Nigerië (C,U,Afrikaans)
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Nigerija (C,U,Croatian)
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Nigerija (Bosnian)
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Nigerija (Slovene)
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Nigerija (Lithuanian)
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Nigērija (C,U,Latvian)
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Niĝerio (C,U,Esperanto)
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Nigeriýa (C,U,Turkmen)
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Nigeriya (C,U,North Ndebele)
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Nigeriyän (C,U,Volapük)
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Niġerja (C,U,Maltese)
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Nigerya (C,U,Tagalog)
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Ni-giê-ri-a (C,U,Vietnamese)
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Ni-giê-ri-a (Nigeria) (C,U,Vietnamese)
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Nijeri (C,U,Cornish)
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Nijeria (C,U,Swahili (generic))
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Nijeriya (C,U,Rundi)
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Nijeriya (Rwanda)
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Nijeriya (Azerbaijani)
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Nijeriya (Hausa)
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Nijeriyaa (C,U,Fulah)
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Nijerya (C,U,Turkish)
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Nijerya (Haitian (Haitian Creole))
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Nijerya (Luba-Katanga)
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Nixeria (C,U,Asturian)
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Nixeria (Galician)
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Nixeria - Nigeria (C,U,Galician)
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Nizeria (C,U,Malagasy)
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Nizeria (Kongo (Congo))
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Nizerïa (C,U,Sangho)
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Nizeriya (C,U,Bambara)
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Nizerya (C,U,Lingala)
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Orílẹ́ède Nàìjíríà (C,U,Yoruba)
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Republic of Songhai (C,U)
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ნიგერია (C,U,Georgian)
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नाईजीरिया (C,U,Hindi)
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나이지리아 (C,U,Korean)
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نىگېرىيە (C,U,Uyghur)
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Νιγηρία (C,U,Greek)
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奈及利亞 (C,U,Chinese)
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நைஜீரியா (C,U,Tamil)
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ประเทศไนจีเรีย (C,U,Thai)
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Нигерија (C,U,Serbian)
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Нигерија (Macedonian)
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ናይጄሪያ (C,U,Tigrinya)
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ናይጄሪያ (Amharic)
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ไนจีเรีย (C,U,Thai)
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نیجریه (C,U,Persian-Farsi)
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Нигери (C,U,Chuvash)
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Ніґерія (C,U,Ukrainian)
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نيجيريا (C,U,Arabic)
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Нігерія (C,U,Ukrainian)
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Ниҷерия (C,U,Tajik)
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ナイジェリア (C,U,Japanese)
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Նիգերիա (C,U,Armenian)
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នីហ្សេរីយ៉ា (C,U,Khmer)
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نایجیریا (C,U,Pashto)
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നൈജീരിയ (C,U,Malayalam)
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নাইজেরিয়া (C,U,Bengali)
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ໄນຈີເລຍ (C,U,Lao)
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නයිජීරියාව (C,U,Sinhala)
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નાઇજીરીયા (C,U,Gujarati)
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నైజీరియా (C,U,Telugu)
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နိုင်ဂျီးရီးယား (C,U,Burmese)
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ནཱའི་ཇི་རི་ཡ། (C,U,Tibetan)
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Нігерыя (C,U,Belarusian)
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नायजेरिया (C,U,Marathi)
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नाइजेरिया (C,U,Nepali)
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نائجیریا (C,U,Urdu)
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ନାଇଜେରିଆ (C,U,Odia)
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ナイジェリア連邦共和国 (C,U,Japanese)
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ನೈಜೀರಿಯಾ (C,U,Kannada)
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Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria (H,V)
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............ | established 1914 |
Federation of Nigeria (H,V)
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............ | by constitution, 1954 |
Protectorates of Northern and Southern Nigeria (H,V)
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............ | established 1899 |
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Hierarchical Position: |
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Place Types: |
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nation (preferred, C) |
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gained independence in 1960 |
primary political unit (C) |
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independent sovereign nation (C) |
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republic (C) |
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established 1963 |
former territory/colony/dependent state (C) |
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controlled region (H) |
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British, 1861-1960 |
independent political entity (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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capital is .... |
Suleja .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Africa, Nigeria, Niger state) [1091831] |
historical connection .... |
Kotoko Kingdom .......... (former nation/state/empire) |
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(World, Africa) [8711694] |
member of .... |
Commonwealth of Nations .......... (association) |
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(World) [7005615] |
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joined association in 1960 |
member of .... |
United Nations .......... (organization) |
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(World) [7029605] |
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joined organization in 1960 |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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République fédérale du Nigéria.......... |
[VP] |
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ISO Handbook (1988) 782 |
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