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Abuja,Nigeria declared independence from the United Kingdom in 1960 and, for the next decade, war plagued the country. By the 70’s, multiple factions from across cultural divides decided that the country needed a brand new capital in the center of Nigeria, free from the history of bloodshed. With the discovery of oil, money began to flow into the African nation; construction lasted for over 10 years on Nigeria’s vision of the future. In 1991, Abuja was finished and named the new capital. In just over 20 years, the population of Abuja has skyrocketed to nearly a million (about 3 million in the metro area,) as Nigeria zoomed up to the 7th most populous nation in the world. Some population experts expect Nigeria to be the 3rd largest nation by 2050.
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Abuja,Nigeria declared independence from the United Kingdom in 1960 and, for the next decade, war plagued the country. By the 70’s, multiple factions from across cultural divides decided that the country needed a brand new capital in the center of Nigeria, free from the history of bloodshed. With the discovery of oil, money began to flow into the African nation; construction lasted for over 10 years on Nigeria’s vision of the future. In 1991, Abuja was finished and named the new capital. In just over 20 years, the population of Abuja has skyrocketed to nearly a million (about 3 million in the metro area,) as Nigeria zoomed up to the 7th most populous nation in the world. Some population experts expect Nigeria to be the 3rd largest nation by 2050.