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Section sizes

Section size for Nigeria (58 sections)
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Etymology	1,347	1,347
History	72	47,105
Prehistory	3,882	3,882
Early history	3,900	3,900
Pre-colonial era	6,210	6,210
British colonization	6,184	6,184
Independence and federal republic	2,556	2,556
Fall of the First Republic and Civil War	8,507	8,507
Second Republic and military dictatorship	3,081	3,081
12 June and the crisis of the Third Republic	3,258	3,258
Return to democracy (1999–present)	9,455	9,455
Geography	5,688	19,861
Hydrology	2,785	2,785
Vegetation	1,613	1,613
Environmental issues	9,775	9,775
Politics	74	21,274
Government	2,847	2,847
Administrative divisions	2,833	2,833
Law	2,430	2,430
Foreign relations	5,836	5,836
Military	2,094	2,094
Regional conflicts	5,160	5,160
Economy	4,083	33,687
Agriculture	6,879	6,879
Oil and natural gas	6,468	6,468
Energy	1,993	2,879
Electricity	886	886
Manufacturing and technology	7,657	7,657
Internet and telecommunications	2,784	2,784
Tourism	2,937	2,937
Infrastructure	1,977	8,414
Roads	3,359	3,359
Rail transport	320	320
Air transport	2,758	2,758
Demographics	6,872	47,906
Languages	3,625	3,625
Religion	7,428	10,556
Conflicts	3,128	3,128
Health	6,688	6,688
Education	2,684	2,684
Crime	4,183	4,183
Poverty	2,638	2,638
Human rights	10,660	10,660
Culture	43	20,453
Literature	1,076	1,076
Music	4,160	4,160
Cinema	6,051	6,051
Festival	1,009	1,009
Cuisine	846	846
Fashion	1,046	1,046
Sports	6,222	6,222
See also	100	100
Notes	26	26
References	44	670
Bibliography	626	626
Further reading	1,439	1,439
External links	1,934	1,934
Total	220,884	220,884

no mention of capital city[edit]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abuja 2A02:3033:600:CD4A:D992:6FAF:2661:D8B5 (talk) 10:55, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

History in Nigerian writers[edit]

Esther Jummai Bali (born 1947) is a Nigerian writer of folktale stories. Kale-Mize13 (talk) 18:34, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Watchers?[edit]

Is anyone watching this page? Presumably nobody noticed the addition of Category:Country Alliance (Dominican Republic) politicians to the article more than a month ago? AusLondonder (talk) 15:04, 24 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]