List of Nigerian states by area
This table ranks Nigeria's 36 states in order of their surface areas.
Rank | State | km² |
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1 | Niger State | 74,363 |
2 | Borno State | 70,898 |
3 | Taraba State | 54,473 |
4 | Kaduna State | 46,053 |
5 | Bauchi State | 45,893 |
6 | Yobe State | 45,502 |
7 | Zamfara State | 39,762 |
8 | Adamawa State | 36,917 |
9 | Kwara State | 36,825 |
10 | Kebbi State | 36,800 |
11 | Benue State | 34,059 |
12 | Plateau State | 30,913 |
13 | Kogi State | 29,833 |
14 | Oyo State | 28,454 |
15 | Nasarawa State | 27,117 |
16 | Sokoto State | 25,973 |
17 | Katsina State | 24,192 |
18 | Jigawa State | 23,154 |
19 | Cross River State | 22,590 |
20 | Kano State | 20,131 |
21 | Gombe State | 18,768 |
22 | Edo State | 17,802 |
23 | Delta State | 17,698 |
24 | Ogun State | 16,762 |
25 | Ondo State | 15,500 |
26 | Rivers State | 11,077 |
27 | Bayelsa State | 10,773 |
28 | Osun State | 9,251 |
- | Federal Capital Territory | 7,315 |
29 | Enugu State | 7,161 |
30 | Akwa Ibom State | 7,081 |
31 | Ekiti State | 6,353 |
32 | Abia State | 6,320 |
33 | Ebonyi State | 5,670 |
34 | Imo State | 5,530 |
35 | Anambra State | 4,844 |
36 | Lagos State | 3,345 |
External links
- World Gazetteer at archive.today (archived 2013-01-05)
See also
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