Abuja
capital city of Nigeria
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Summary
Abuja is a city[1]. Abuja ranks in the top 1% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,248 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: World Tourism Cities Federation[3]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Federal Capital Territory[4]
- Country: Nigeria[5]
- Instance of: big city[6], federal capital[7], human settlement[8]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Abaji[9], Bwari[10], Gwagwalada[11], Kuje[12], Kwali[13], Abuja Municipal[14]
- Twinned administrative body: Brasília[15]
- Commons category: Abuja[16]
- Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[17]
- Inception: January 1, 1828[18]
- Official website: https://fcta.gov.ng/[19]
- Topic's main category: Category:Abuja[20]
- Population: 21,000[21], 107,169[22], 379,000[23], 776,298[24], 1,235,880[25], 979,876[26], 1,568,853[27], 1,693,400[28]
- Time of earliest written record: 1700[29]
- Described by source: Great dictionary of geographical names[30]
- Capital of: Nigeria[31], Federal Capital Territory[32], Abuja Municipal[33]
- Official name: Abuja[34]
- Category for people born here: Q8042296[35]
- Category for people who died here: Q9220471[36]
- Demonym: Abujanais[37], Abujanaise[38], абуджа́нец[39], абуджа́нцы[40]
- Native label: Abuja[41]
- Category for films shot at this location: Category:Films shot in Abuja[42]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Abuja[43]
- Elevation above sea level: 360 m[44]
- Area: 713,000,000 m²[45]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[46]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Abuja include Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport[47], an international airport[48], in Nigeria[49].
Why It Matters
Abuja has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[50] Abuja is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[51]
Entities named for Abuja include Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport[47], an international airport[48], in Nigeria[49].