What the records say
- When
- 2008
- Kind
- Territorial change
- Where
- Nigeria
- Coordinates
- 9.44° N, 7.50° E
- Process
- cession
- Type
- Cession (part yielded to other entity)
- Pop
- 300000
- Area km2
- 665
- Gaining
- Cameroon
Placed at the country: the source names no closer place.
Nigeria
Country in West Africa
Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean to the south. It covers an area of 923,769 square kilometres (356,669 mi2). With a population of more than 242 million, it is the most populous country in Africa, and the world's sixth-most populous country.
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The source
- COW Territorial Change v6Correlates of War ProjectCorrelates of War: free use with citation
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