Nigeria

The country calling code for Nigeria is +234. Country calling codes identify the destination country when placing an international call. The international access prefix used to leave your originating country varies by telephone network. On mobile phones, the + symbol is generally used instead. After the country code, dial the local Nigeria number, dropping any leading zero used for domestic dialling.

Nigeria is assigned NG as its ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code and NGA as its alpha-3 code. Alpha-2 codes are the two-letter codes used in web addresses, currency pairs and shipping forms. Alpha-3 codes are the three-letter codes used in banking, aviation and international standards work. The internet country code top-level domain for Nigeria is .ng. ISO country codes are standardized identifiers, but they can change when countries or territories undergo changes in international status or classification.

The official currency of Nigeria is the Nigerian naira, with the ISO 4217 code NGN and the symbol ₦. Prices, salaries and official accounts inside Nigeria are quoted in NGN. Exchange rates move daily, so check a live rate before converting rather than relying on a figure you saw last week.

The primary time zone for Nigeria is +01:00, currently UTC+01:00. The clock reads from your own device, so it follows daylight saving rather than showing a fixed offset.

The capital of Nigeria is Abuja. Nigeria sits in Africa, specifically the Western Africa subregion. Its approximate centre point is 10.00000000, 8.00000000. Traffic in Nigeria drives on the right. Languages recorded for Nigeria: English.

Nigeria shares a land border with 4 countries: Benin, Cameroon, Chad and Niger. Land borders are not the same as nearest countries: a country across a narrow strait can be closer than one you share a fence with. The nearby page ranks countries by straight-line distance instead.