| LC control no. | n 78006557 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Geographic heading | Niger State (Nigeria) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | Nigeria--Niger State |
| Variant(s) | Niger, Nigeria (State) |
| See also | North-Western State (Nigeria) |
| Found in | Sokoto, Nigeria (State). Sokoto/Niger states of Nigeria, Feb. 1976 (a.e.) t.p. (Sokoto/Niger states of Nigeria) African yrbk. & who's who, 1977: p. 647 (In 1976 the Nigerian Supreme Military Council decreed that states will no longer be described by reference to geographic points, hence the North-Western State was divided into 2 states: Niger State, consisting of Niger Province, less Zuru [City] with the capital at Minna, and Sokoto State) BGN (Niger [brief] State, 1st-order administrative division, 10°00ʹN, 6°00ʹE) GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (adm1; 10°00ʹ00ʺN 006°00ʹ00ʺE) |
| Geographic area code | f-nr--- |
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