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Climate: Nigeria has a tropical climate with
two seasons. A wet season form April to October and a dry season
from November to March with the wettest month June. Average
annual precipitation varies from 1,770 mm (70 inches) in the
west to 4,310 mm (170 inches) along the east coast, and to 470
mm (50 inches) in the central areas. The prevailing winds are
the rain bearing south westerlies and the hot dry and dust laden
Harmattan from the Sahara Desert in the northeast. Average temperature
ranges are from 23 degrees Celsius (73 degrees Fahrenheit) to
32 degrees Celsius (90 degrees Fahrenheit) all year.
Location:
Western Africa, bordering the Gulf of Guinea, between Benin
and Cameroon .
Coordinates: 10 00 N, 8 00
E
Coastline: 853
km
Languages: English (official),
Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo (Ibo), Fulani
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