List of populated places in Nigeria explained

This is a list of populated places in Nigeria. Cities in bold are among the fourteenth-most populous in the country (covered in more detail at List of Nigerian cities by population):

Cities

• Aba
• Abakaliki
• Abeokuta
• Abonnema
• Abuja
• Ado Ekiti
• Afikpo
• Akpawfu
• Akure
• Asaba
• Awgu
• Awka
• Bauchi
• Batagarawa
• Benin City
• Bida
• Birnin Kebbi
• Buguma^[1]
• Calabar
• Damaturu
• Dutse
• Ede
• Eket
• Enugu
• Gombe
• Gusau
• Ibadan
• Ife
• Ikeja
• Ikirun
• Ikot-Abasi
• Ikot Ekpene
• Ilorin
• Iwo
• Jalingo
• Jebba
• Jimeta
• Jos
• Kabba
• Kaduna
• Kano
• Katsina
• Karu
• Kontagora
• Kutigi
• Kumariya
• Lafia
• Lagos
• Lekki
• Lokoja
• Maiduguri
• Makurdi
• Minna
• Nnewi
• Nsukka
• Offa
• Ogbomoso
• Onitsha
• Okene
• Ogaminana
• Omu-Aran
• Ondo City
• Oron
• Oshogbo
• Owerri
• Owo
• Orlu
• Oyo
• Port Harcourt
• Potiskum
• Sokoto
• Suleja
• Umuahia
• Uyo
• Warri
• Wukari
• Yenagoa
• Yola
• Zaria

See also

• List of Nigerian cities by population
• Lists of villages in Nigeria

Further reading

• • Latest Political News in Nigeria Cities

Notes and References

1. The Official Gazette of Rivers State of Nigeria No. 16, published in Port Harcourt on the 25th of August 1983