{
  "country_code": "NG",
  "name": "Nigeria",
  "section": {
    "Area": {
      "land": {
        "text": "910,768 sq km"
      },
      "total ": {
        "text": "923,768 sq km"
      },
      "water": {
        "text": "13,000 sq km"
      }
    },
    "Area - comparative": {
      "text": "about six times the size of Georgia; slightly more than twice the size of California"
    },
    "Climate": {
      "text": "varies; equatorial in south, tropical in center, arid in north"
    },
    "Coastline": {
      "text": "853 km"
    },
    "Elevation": {
      "highest point": {
        "text": "Chappal Waddi 2,419 m"
      },
      "lowest point": {
        "text": "Atlantic Ocean 0 m"
      },
      "mean elevation": {
        "text": "380 m"
      }
    },
    "Geographic coordinates": {
      "text": "10 00 N, 8 00 E"
    },
    "Geography - note": {
      "text": "the Niger River enters the country in the northwest and flows southward through tropical rainforests and swamps to its delta in the Gulf of Guinea"
    },
    "Irrigated land": {
      "text": "2,188 sq km (2017)"
    },
    "Land boundaries": {
      "border countries": {
        "text": "Benin 809 km; Cameroon 1,975 km; Chad 85 km; Niger 1,608 km"
      },
      "total": {
        "text": "4,477 km"
      }
    },
    "Land use": {
      "agricultural land": {
        "text": "76.2% (2023 est.)"
      },
      "agricultural land: arable land": {
        "text": "arable land: 40.5% (2023 est.)"
      },
      "agricultural land: permanent crops": {
        "text": "permanent crops: 8.1% (2023 est.)"
      },
      "agricultural land: permanent pasture": {
        "text": "permanent pasture: 27.6% (2023 est.)"
      },
      "forest": {
        "text": "19.1% (2023 est.)"
      },
      "other": {
        "text": "4.7% (2023 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Location": {
      "text": "Western Africa, bordering the Gulf of Guinea, between Benin and Cameroon"
    },
    "Major aquifers": {
      "text": "Lake Chad Basin, Lullemeden-Irhazer Aquifer System"
    },
    "Major lakes (area sq km)": {
      "fresh water lake(s)": {
        "text": "Lake Chad (endorheic lake shared with Niger, Chad, and Cameroon) - 10,360-25,900 sq km<br>note - area varies by season and year to year"
      }
    },
    "Major rivers (by length in km)": {
      "text": "Niger river mouth (shared with Guinea [s], Mali, Benin, and Niger) - 4,200 km<br><br><strong>note:</strong>\u00a0[s] after country name indicates river source; [m] after country name indicates river mouth"
    },
    "Major watersheds (area sq km)": {
      "Atlantic Ocean drainage": {
        "text": "Niger (2,261,741 sq km)"
      },
      "Internal (endorheic basin) drainage": {
        "text": "Lake Chad (2,497,738 sq km)"
      }
    },
    "Map references": {
      "text": "Africa"
    },
    "Maritime claims": {
      "continental shelf": {
        "text": "200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation"
      },
      "exclusive economic zone": {
        "text": "200 nm"
      },
      "territorial sea": {
        "text": "12 nm"
      }
    },
    "Natural hazards": {
      "text": "periodic droughts; flooding"
    },
    "Natural resources": {
      "text": "natural gas, petroleum, tin, iron ore, coal, limestone, niobium, lead, zinc, arable land"
    },
    "Population distribution": {
      "text": "largest population of any African nation; significant population clusters are scattered throughout the country, with the highest density areas being in the south and southwest, as shown in this population distribution map"
    },
    "Terrain": {
      "text": "southern lowlands merge into central hills and plateaus; mountains in southeast, plains in north"
    }
  },
  "section_name": "Geography",
  "success": true,
  "version": "v1"
}