Nigeria

Lefatshe la Nigeria, le le tlhomamisitsweng semmuso ka leina la Federal Republic of Nigeria, ke lefatshe le le kwa bophirima jwa Aforika."About Nigeria". nigeriaembassygermany.org. Archived from the original on 15 October 2023. Retrieved 20 February 2025 Le fa gare ga kgaolo ya Sahel kwa bokone, le Gulf of Guinea mo lewatleng la Atlantic kwa borwa. Lefatshe le le bophara jwa dikhilomithara di le dikete di fle makgolo a ferabongwe, masome a mabedi le boraro, makgolo a supa, masome a marataro le boferabongwe. Le na le palo ya batho ba feta makgolo a mabedi le masome a mararo a dimilione, ke lone lefatshe le le nang le palo ya batho ba bantsi go feta mafatshe otlhe mo Aforika, mme ele la borataro mo lefatsheng lotlhe. Lefatshe la Nigeria le kopanetse molelwane le la Niger kwa bokone, la Chad kwa bokone botlhaba, Cameroon kwa botlhaba le Benin kwa bophirima. Lefatshe la Nigeria le na le dikgaolo di le masome a mararo le borataro le toropokgolo Abuja. Toropo e kgolo mo Nigeria go ya ka palo ya batho ke ya Lagos, e e leng yone e kgolo mo Aforika ebile e le nngwe ya tse dikgolo mo lefatsheng ka kakaretso.

Lefatshe la Nigeria ke legae la dingwao tse di farologaneng, dikgaolo tse di saleng di nna teng pele ga go busiwa ke mafatshe a mangwe le magosi a a saleng a nna teng pele ga meleniamo wa bobedi pele ga ga Keresete. Bogosi jwa Hausa bo ne bo nna kwa bokone, fa jwa Edo bo nnile kwa borwa, ba Igbo bone ba nna kwa bokone-botlhaba. Kwa borwa-bophirima, ba Oyo ba sala morago ba morafe wa Yoruba. Kgaolo e Nigeria e leng mo go yone gompieno e ne e le legae la dikgaolo tsa ditoropo. Falola, Toyin; Heaton, Matthew M. (2022). The Oxford Handbook of Nigerian History. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-005009-2.

Lefatshe la Nigeria le na le dikgaolo di le dintsi, le nniwa ke merafe e feta makgolo a mabedi le masome a matlhano e bua diteme di le makgolo a matlhano, yotlhe e na le dingwao tse di farologaneng."Ethnicity in Nigeria". PBS. 5 April 2007. Archived from the original on 6 October 2017. Retrieved 20 February 2025. "Nigeria". Ethnologue. Archived from the original on 27 February 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2025.Pereltsvaig, Asya (16 June 2011). "Linguistic diversity in Africa and Europe – Languages Of The World". Archived from the original on 15 May 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2025.Merafe e meraro e metona ke ya Hausa kwa bokone, Yoruba kwa bophirima le Igbo kwa botlhaba, yotlhe e le 60% wa batho botlhe ba lefatshe le."Nigeria – CIA World Factbook 2019" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2020. Retrieved 20 February 2025. Puo e e tlhomamisitsweng ke ya sekgoa, e le yone e e tlhophilweng go gokaganya batho lefatshe ka bophara.Mann, Charles C. (1990). "Choosing an Indigenous Official Language for Nigeria" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 December 2020. Retrieved 20 February 2025. Molaomotheo wa Nigeria o netefatsa gore go nne le  kgololesego ya ditumelo,"Nigerian Constitution". Nigeria Law. Archived from the original on 25 May 2016. Retrieved 20 February 2025. mme ebile ke legae la bontsi jwa batho ba tumelo ya Islam le baKeresete."The countries with the 10 largest Christian populations and the 10 largest Muslim populations". Pew Research Center. April 2019. Archived from the original on 18 January 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2025. Lefatshe la Nigeria le kgaogantswe ka bogare gareng ga ma Muslim ba ba nnang kwa bokone le BaKeresete ba ba nnang kwa borwa; ditumelo tsa mo gae tsa ba merafe ya Igbo le Yoruba, di na le dipalonyana di se kae fela."Nigeria Fact Sheet" (PDF). United States Embassy in Nigeria. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 October 2020. Retrieved 20 February 2025.

Lefatshe la Nigeria le bidiwa mogaka wa Aforika ke banni ba lone ka ntlha ya palo ya batho ba lone le itsholelo ya lone,"Nigeria: The African giant". The Round Table. 50 (197): 55–63. 1959. doi:10.1080/00358535908452221. ISSN 0035-8533. ba lekgotla la World Bank ba le supa fa e le mmaraka o o solofetsang, Nigeria ke  leloko la African Union le makgotla a mangwe a akaretsa United Nations, Commonwealth of Nations, NAM,"Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) – The Nuclear Threat Initiative". Archived from the original on 19 October 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2025. Economic Community of West African States, Organisation of Islamic Cooperation le la OPEC. 

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Leina la Nigeria le tswa mo leineng la noka ya Niger e e ralalang lefatshe le. Leina le le ne la bewa ka ngwaga wa 1897,Firikgong a le malatsi a ferabobedi, le bewa ke mmega dikgang wa kwa Britain ebong Flora Shaw. Lefatshe la baagisanyi la Republic of Niger le lone le tsaya leina la lone mo nokeng e. Ditso tsa leina la Niger ga di itsiwe. Go belaesega e le go fetolwa ga leina la puo ya Tuareg le le neng le dirisiwa ke banni ba ba bapileng le noka gaufi le Timbukhu pele ga puso ya maYuropa.The Arabic name nahr al-anhur is a direct translation of the Tuareg."Online Etymological Dictionary". Etymonline.com. Archived from the original on 2 July 2017. Retrieved 20 February 2025. pele ga Flora Shaw a akanyetsa leina le, maina a mangwe a a neng a kakantsho e ne e le Royal Niger Company Territories, Central Sudan, Niger Empire, Niger Sudan le Hausa Territories.Kperogi, Farooq A. "Natasha H. Akpoti's Wildly Inaccurate History of Nigeria". Notes From Atlanta. Archived from the original on 11 August 2023. Retrieved 20 February 2025.

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