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Nigerian states and cities. Unfortunately, we don't have a good database record of these kind of things. So while building apps, I tend to update each state as needed. But I usually work with this as the baseline. You can also find this useful: https://simplemaps.com/data/ng-cities
{
"Abia": [
"Aba",
"Arochukwu",
"Umuahia"
],
"Adamawa": [
"Jimeta",
"Mubi",
"Numan",
"Yola"
],
"Akwa Ibom": [
"Ikot Abasi",
"Ikot Ekpene",
"Oron",
"Uyo"
],
"Anambra": [
"Awka",
"Okpoko",
"Onitsha"
],
"Bauchi": [
"Azare",
"Bauchi",
"Jama'are",
"Katagum",
"Misau"
],
"Bayelsa": [
"Brass"
],
"Benue": [
"Gboko",
"Makurdi",
"Otukpo"
],
"Borno": [
"Bama",
"Biu",
"Dikwa",
"Kukawa",
"Maiduguri"
],
"Cross River": [
"Calabar",
"Ogoja",
"Ugep"
],
"Delta": [
"Asaba",
"Burutu",
"Koko",
"Sapele",
"Ughelli",
"Warri"
],
"Ebonyi": [
"Abakaliki"
],
"Edo": [
"Benin City",
"Uromi"
],
"Ekiti": [
"Ado Ekiti",
"Effom-Alaiye",
"Ijero",
"Ikere-Ekiti",
"Ilawe-Ekiti",
"Ise-Ekiti"
],
"Enugu": [
"Enugu",
"Nsukka"
],
"FCT (Federal Capital Territory)": [
"Abaji",
"Bwari",
"Abuja",
"Gwagwalada",
"Kuje",
"Kwali"
],
"Gombe": [
"Deba Habe",
"Gombe",
"Kumo"
],
"Imo": [
"Okigwe",
"Owerri"
],
"Jigawa": [
"Birnin Kudu",
"Dutse",
"Garki",
"Gumel",
"Hadeija",
"Kazaure"
],
"Kaduna": [
"Jemaa",
"Kaduna",
"Zaria"
],
"Kano": [
"Kano"
],
"Katsina": [
"Daura",
"Funtua",
"Katsina"
],
"Kebbi": [
"Argungu",
"Birnin Kebbi",
"Gwandu",
"Yelwa"
],
"Kogi": [
"Idah",
"Kabba",
"Lokoja",
"Okene"
],
"Kwara": [
"Ilorin",
"Jebba",
"Lefiagi",
"Offa",
"Pategi"
],
"Lagos": [
"Badagry",
"Epe",
"Ikeja",
"Ikorodu",
"Lagos",
"Mushin",
"Shomolu",
"Victoria Island"
],
"Nasarawa": [
"Keffi",
"Lafia",
"Nasarawa"
],
"Niger": [
"Agaie",
"Baro",
"Bida",
"Kontagora",
"Lapai",
"Minna",
"Suleja"
],
"Ogun": [
"Abeokuta",
"Ijebu-Ode",
"Ilaro",
"Obafemi-Owode",
"Sagamu"
],
"Ondo": [
"Akure",
"Ikare",
"Oka-Akoko",
"Ondo",
"Owo"
],
"Osun": [
"Ede",
"Gbongan",
"Ikire",
"Ikirun",
"Ila",
"Ile-Ife",
"Ilesa",
"Ilobu",
"Inisa",
"Iwo",
"Osogbo"
],
"Oyo": [
"Ibadan",
"Igboho",
"Iseyin",
"Kisi",
"Ogbomosho",
"Oyo",
"Saki"
],
"Plateau": [
"Bukuru",
"Jos",
"Vom",
"Wase"
],
"Rivers": [
"Bonny",
"Buguma",
"Degema",
"Eleme",
"Okrika",
"Port Harcourt"
],
"Sokoto": [
"Sokoto"
],
"Taraba": [
"Ibi",
"Jalingo",
"Muri"
],
"Yobe": [
"Damaturu",
"Gashua",
"Bguru",
"Potiskum"
],
"Zamfara": [
"Gusau",
"Kaura Namoda"
]
}
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sorXCode commented Jun 2, 2020

Thanks a lot, Chris

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Nao-bug commented Jan 28, 2021

Please someone knows where I can find the list of the 53,513 cities of Nigeria with their geographical position (lat and Ing)?

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@Nao-bug

Please someone knows where I can find the list of the 53,513 cities of Nigeria with their geographical position (lat and Ing)?

Unfortunately you'll have to build that for yourself. I'm not sure there's such publicly-available resource yet. I was trying to work on putting such kinds of data and more into a project under this organization I created: https://github.com/thenigerianrepublic, but I haven't had the time to do any of that.

If you ever find or build such resource, please don't hesitate to share.

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Please someone knows where I can find the list of the 53,513 cities of Nigeria with their geographical position (lat and Ing)?

You can get that from the inventors of www.unity.ng

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Please someone knows where I can find the list of the 53,513 cities of Nigeria with their geographical position (lat and Ing)?

get it from https://simplemaps.com/data/ng-cities

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