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Federal Capital Territory

The Federal Capital Territory is a federal jurisdiction of home to the national capital, , sitting in the centre of the country. It was created in 1976 and has an area of 7,315 km2.
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is the capital of . Because most Nigerian government agencies are now headquartered in and most other countries' embassies have been relocated from Lagos to , it is a surprisingly expensive city.

is a district near in the Federal Capital Territory, . It is one of the top notch areas in the state.

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is a local government area in the Federal Capital Territory in . serves as the traditional headquarters of the Bassa people in FCT - Abuja, with the Agụma of , HRH Alhaji Muhammadu Magaji as the Chairman, Traditional Council of Chiefs, Area Council.

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is one of the six area councils in the Federal Capital Territory in . It is near .

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is a local government area in the Federal Capital Territory in . It has an area of 1,644 km2 and a population of 97,367 at the ct 2006 census. The postal code of the area is 905.

is an area council in Federal Capital Territory of , . One of the major occupation of its inhabitants is pottery.

Federal Capital Territory

Latitude of center
8.8311° or 8° 49′ 52″ north
Longitude of center
7.1725° or 7° 10′ 21″ east
Population
1,410,000
Elevation
531 metres (1,742 feet)
Abbreviation
“FCTA”
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2163706688
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
2352776
Wiki­data ID
Q509300
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yoruba—“Federal Capital Territory” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة العاصمة الإتحادية لنيجيريا”
  • Arabic: “منطقة العاصمة الإتحادية لنيجيريا”
  • Arabic: “منطقة العاصمة الاتحادية لنيجيريا”
  • Arabic: “منطقه العاصمه الإتحاديه لنيجيريا”
  • Belarusian: “Федэральная сталічная тэрыторыя”
  • Belarusian: “Фэдэральная сталічная тэрыторыя”
  • Bengali: “ফেডারেল ক্যাপিটাল টেরিটরি”
  • Catalan: “Territori de la Capital Federal”
  • Cebuano: “Federal Capital Territory”
  • Chinese: “联邦首都特区”
  • Chinese: “聯邦首都特區”
  • Dagbani: “Federal Capital Territory (Nigeria)”
  • Dagbani: “Federal Capital Territory”
  • Danish: “Federal Capital Territory”
  • Dutch: “Federaal Hoofdstedelijk Territorium”
  • Dutch: “Federal Capital Territory”
  • Esperanto: “Federacia Ĉefurba Teritorio”
  • Estonian: “Föderaalne pealinnaala”
  • Finnish: “Pääkaupunkiterritorio”
  • French: “Territoire de la capitale federale du Nigeria”
  • French: “Territoire de la capitale fédérale du Nigeria”
  • French: “Territoire de la capitale fédérale du Nigéria”
  • French: “Territoire de la capitale fédérale”
  • Fulah: “Federal Capital Territory (Nigeria)”
  • Fulah: “Federal Capital Territory”
  • Galician: “Territorio da Capital Federal de Nixeria”
  • Georgian: “დედაქალაქის ფედერალური ტერიტორია”
  • German: “Bundeshauptstadtterritorium”
  • German: “Federal Capital Territory”
  • German: “Hauptstadtterritorium”
  • German: “NG-FC”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Federal Capital Territory (Nigeria)”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Federal Capital Territory”
  • Greek: “Ομοσπονδιακή Επικράτεια Πρωτεύουσας (Νιγηρία)”
  • Greek: “Ομοσπονδιακή Επικράτεια Πρωτεύουσας”
  • Gujarati: “ફેડરલ કેપિટલ ટેરિટરી”
  • Hausa: “Babban Birnin Ƙasa”
  • Hausa: “Babban Birnin Tarayya, Najeriya”
  • Hausa: “Babban Birnin Tarayya”
  • Hausa: “Babban Birnin Tarayyan Najeriya,”
  • Hebrew: “שטח בירה הפדרלית”
  • Hindi: “संघीय राजधानी क्षेत्र, नाइजीरिया”
  • Hindi: “संघीय राजधानी क्षेत्र”
  • Igbo: “Federal Capital Territory (Nigeria)”
  • Igbo: “Federal Capital Territory”
  • Indonesian: “Teritori Ibu Kota Federal”
  • Indonesian: “Teritori Ibukota Federal”
  • Indonesian: “Teritorial Ibu Kota Federal”
  • Indonesian: “Wilayah Ibu Kota Federal”
  • Italian: “Federal Capital Territory”
  • Italian: “Territorio della Capitale Federale”
  • Japanese: “連邦首都地区”
  • Kannada: “ಫೆಡರಲ್ ಕ್ಯಾಪಿಟಲ್ ಟೆರಿಟರಿ”
  • Korean: “나이지리아 연방 수도 지구”
  • Korean: “나이지리아 연방수도지구”
  • Korean: “연방 수도 지구”
  • Korean: “연방수도지구”
  • Latvian: “Federālā galvaspilsētas teritorija”
  • Lithuanian: “Federalinė sostinės teritorija”
  • Malay: “Federal Capital Territory”
  • Marathi: “फेडरल कॅपिटल टेरिटरी”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “لأرض د لعاصمة لفيديرالية”
  • Nigerian Pidgin: “FCT”
  • Northern Frisian: “Federal Capital Territory”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Federal Capital Territory”
  • Obolo: “Agan̄ Ama-ibot Ido (Naijiria)”
  • Obolo: “Agan̄ Ama-ibot Ido”
  • Persian: “حوزه فدرال مرکزی”
  • Polish: “Federalne Terytorium Stołeczne - Abudża”
  • Polish: “Federalne Terytorium Stołeczne”
  • Portuguese: “Território da Capital Federal”
  • Romanian: “Teritoriul Capitalei Federale”
  • Russian: “Федеральная столичная территория”
  • Sinhala: “ෆෙඩරල් අගනුවර”
  • Sinhala: “ෆෙඩරල් ප්‍රධාන භූමිය”
  • Slovenian: “FCT”
  • Slovenian: “Federal Capital Territory”
  • Slovenian: “NG-FC”
  • Slovenian: “Zvezno ozemlje glavnega mesta”
  • South Azerbaijani: “حوزه فدرال مرکزی (نیجریه)”
  • South Azerbaijani: “حوزه فدرال مرکزی”
  • Spanish: “Territorio de la Capital Federal”
  • Swahili: “Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria”
  • Swahili: “Federal Capital Territory”
  • Swedish: “Federal Capital Territory”
  • Tamil: “பெடரல் கேப்பிடல் டெரிடாரி”
  • Tatar: “Федераль башкала территориясе”
  • Telugu: “ఫెడరల్ క్యాపిటల్ టెరిటరీ”
  • Thai: “หมู่เกาะแชทัม”
  • Turkish: “Federal Başkent Bölgesi”
  • Turkish: “Federal Başkent Toprakları”
  • Tyap: “Fam A̱keangtung Mundundung”
  • Tyap: “FA̱M”
  • Ukrainian: “Федеральна столична територія”
  • Urdu: “وفاقی دارالحکومت ریجن، نائجیریا”
  • Urdu: “وفاقی دارالحکومت علاقہ، نائجیریا”
  • Vietnamese: “Lãnh thổ Thủ đô liên bang”
  • Yoruba: “Agbègbè Olú-ìlú Ìjọba Àpapọ̀ Nàíjíríà”

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