Abuja

Nigeria

Abuja is the capital city of Nigeria, strategically situated at the geographic midpoint of the country within the Federal Capital Territory. As the seat of the Federal Government of Nigeria, it hosts key national institutions, landmarks, and buildings spread across its over 50 districts. It replaced Lagos as the capital on 12 December 1991.

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Country: Nigeria
Population: 1,576,000
Latitude: 9.09° N
Longitude: 7.53° E

Which way is Abuja from…

From Paris, Abuja lies at 172° to the south, 4,449 km as the crow flies.

Paris	172° south	4,449 km
London	169° south	4,769 km
New York	89° east	8,639 km
Madrid	159° south	3,657 km
Rome	189° south	3,681 km
Montreal	90° east	8,596 km
Saint-Denis, Réunion	298° north-west	6,205 km

Bearings as the crow flies (great circle), measured from north. From somewhere else, the bearing changes: that’s the whole game.

Oùcécap’s take

Abuja shares its meridian with Bern, far to the north; from London, you aim south, at 169°, 4,769 km away. The real trap comes from America: from New York, a flat map would have you aim at 114°, south-east, while the compass says 89°, due east. One last landmark for Nigeria’s capital: it lies on the same latitude as Addis Ababa.