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Abuja

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{ah-boo'-jah} Abuja, Nigeria's first planned city, is located in the sparsely-populated Chukuku Hills of Central Nigeria. It replaced Lagos as the official capital of the country in December 1991. The city has modern roads and communications facilities but is still under construction. It is part of the Federal Capital territory, created in 1976, which has an area of 7,315 sq km (2,824 sq mi) and a population of 378,671 (1991).

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