Jump to navigation Jump to search. This table ranks Nigeria 's 36 states in order of their surface areas. Rank. State. km². 1. Niger State. 76,363. 2.
There are 774 local governments in Nigeria. [1] Under the constitution, the 36 states are co-equal but not supreme because sovereignty resides with the federal government. The constitution can be amended by the National Assembly, but each amendment must be ratified by two-thirds of the 36 states of the federation. Contents
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- 1,704,358 (Bayelsa State) – 9,401,288 (Lagos State), Mean: 5,300,000
Map of Nigerian states by population density The following table presents a listing of Nigeria 's 36 states ranked in order of their total population based on the 2022 Census figures, [1] as well as their 2016 projected populations, which was published by the National Bureau of Statistics .
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List of Nigerian states by area From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The following table presents a listing of Nigeria 's 36 states ranked in order of their surface area.
Eastern Region; known as South-Eastern State from 1967 to 1976. Delta State. 27 August 1991. Bendel State. Ebonyi State. 1 October 1996. Enugu State and Abia State. Edo State. 27 August 1991.
StateDate CreatedPreceding Entity27 August 199127 August 199123 September 198727 August 1991(old) Anambra StateJul 17, 2021 · The states, which are all northern, include the states of Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Niger, Sokoto, Yobe, and Zamfara which allows for a man to take more than one wife.