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Osun-Osogbo, Abuja National Mosque, Zuma Rock and 7 more — what each one is, and why it is worth the detour.
Chosen from everything Wikidata knows about Nigeria and ranked by how many Wikipedia language editions describe them, which is about as close to "famous" as open data gets. One is on UNESCO's World Heritage list.
World Heritage
UNESCO World Heritage Site in Osogbo, Nigeria
A sacred grove on the banks of the Osun river just outside Osogbo, a city in Nigeria's Osun State.
Photo: Alex Mazzeto - Jurema Oliveira ( talk ) 18:15, 16 November 2009 (UTC), CC BY-SA 3.0
Mosque in Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria
Also called the Nigerian National Mosque, the country's national mosque, in the capital, Abuja. Built in 1984, it is open to non-Muslim visitors outside congregational prayers.
Photo: Shiraz Chakera, CC BY-SA 2.0
Monolith in Madalla, Niger State, Nigeria
A big natural monolith, or inselberg, formed by a Precambrian igneous intrusion of granodiorite and gabbro, at Madalla, a town in Niger State, Nigeria. It rises west of Abuja, the capital, off Madalla on the main road to Kaduna, and is sometimes called the "Gateway to Abuja from Suleja".
Photo: Anass Sedrati, CC BY-SA 4.0
Mountain in Nigeria
At 2,419 m (7,936 ft), the highest point of Nigeria and of West Africa. Its original, indigenous name is "Gang Peak", and it is steeped in fascinating old Mambilla myths.
Photo: Dotun55, CC BY-SA 4.0
Dam in Niger, Nigeria
A dam across the Niger River in Niger State, Central Nigeria, built by Impregilo from 1964 to 1968.
Photo: Aart Rietveld, CC BY-SA 4.0
Mosque in Kano, Nigeria
A general Jumaat mosque in the heart of Kano, capital of Kano State and Nigeria's second most populous city.
Photo: Dr Mary Gillham Archive Project, CC BY 2.0
Bridge linking Lagos Island to the mainland in Nigeria
The longest of the three bridges joining Lagos Island to the mainland; the other two are the Carter and Eko bridges. It was Africa's longest bridge until Cairo's 6th October Bridge was finished in 1996.
Photo: Oritsetsemaye Jemide, CC BY-SA 4.0
Waterfall in Enugu State, Nigeria
A waterfall at Amu-Ugwu village, Awhum town, in Udi Local Government Area, Enugu State, Nigeria, where water flows over the top of a huge granite outcrop and forms a stream.
Photo: Realrayza, CC BY-SA 4.0
Historic moat in Nigeria
Also called the Benin City Iya, the Inner City Iya of Benin or the Wall of Benin, a large earthwork in Benin City, Edo state, Nigeria, part of which once ringed the city in the days of the Benin Empire.
Photo: Guillermo Carvajal, CC BY-SA 4.0
Officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, a West African country between the Sahel, to its north, and the Atlantic's Gulf of Guinea, to its south, covering 923,769 square kilometres (356,669 mi²). Its population of more than 242 million is the largest in Africa and the sixth-largest on Earth.
Officially The Federal Republic of Nigeria. Known locally as Nigeria, Nijeriya, Naigeria, Nà ìjÃrÃà .
Based on the Wikipedia article, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0: the facts are Wikipedia's, the wording is this site's.
This guide lists 10: Osun-Osogbo, Abuja National Mosque, Zuma Rock and Chappal Waddi and others. Osun-Osogbo is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
By machine, from open data, with no human ranking them and nobody able to pay for a place on the list. Everything Wikidata records in Nigeria that is a building, a landform, a protected area or a tourist attraction, has coordinates, a photograph and an English Wikipedia article, is ranked by how many Wikipedia language editions wrote about it. Provinces, cities, airports, stations and stretches of sea shared with the neighbours are filtered out.
1 of the 10 in this guide: Osun-Osogbo. That is not the full count for Nigeria, only the listed sites that made this guide.
English, Hausa, Igbo, Yoruba. The currency is NGN.
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