Africa
Nigeria
Everything you need to know about Nigeria for geography games and satellite imagery — capital, population, time zone, and how to recognise it from above.
Quick facts
Where is Nigeria?
Satellite view centred on Abuja (9.0°, 8.0°).
How to spot Nigeria from satellite imagery
The Niger Delta is a useful coastal anchor, with distributary channels entering the Gulf of Guinea. Inland, the Niger and Benue meet at Lokoja. Finding that confluence gives you a relationship between two rivers that is more specific than a broad band of green vegetation.
Trace the coast west toward the Lagos lagoon system, then compare the delta with the inland river network. Wetlands and dense settlement also occur elsewhere in West Africa. Neither a large city nor an apparent gas flare establishes a country by itself, and ordinary daytime imagery cannot support claims about night-time lighting.
Read the full satellite guideCan you find Nigeria from above?
Play satellite-imagery rounds from Nigeria on a 3D globe.
Themed Nigeria modes
Restrict the location pool to Nigeria and pick a theme — volcanoes, capitals, coastlines. Smaller pool, sharper learning curve.