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States and Capital in Nigeria with 2006 census count
[
{
"state": "Kano",
"capital" : "Kano" ,
"population": "9401288",
"rank": "1"
},
{
"state": "Lagos",
"capital" : "Ikeja" ,
"population": "9113605",
"rank": "2"
},
{
"state": "Kaduna",
"capital" : "Kaduna" ,
"population": "6113503",
"rank": "3"
},
{
"state": "Katsina",
"capital" : "Katsina" ,
"population": "5801584",
"rank": "4"
},
{
"state":"Oyo",
"capital" :"Ibadan" ,
"population":"5591589",
"rank": "5"
},
{
"state": "Rivers",
"capital" : "Port-Harcourt" ,
"population": "5185400",
"rank": "6"
},
{
"state":"Bauchi",
"capital":"Bauchi" ,
"population": "4676465",
"rank": "7"
},
{
"state": "Jigawa",
"capital" : "Dutse" ,
"population": "4361002",
"rank": "8"
},
{
"state": "Benue",
"capital" : "Markurdi" ,
"population": "4219244",
"rank": "9"
},
{
"state": "Anambra",
"capital" : "Awka" ,
"population": "4182032",
"rank": "10"
},
{
"state": "Borno",
"capital" : "Maiduguri" ,
"population": "4171104",
"rank": "11",
},
{
"state": "Delta",
"capital" : "Asaba" ,
"population": "4098391",
"rank": "12",
},
{
"state": "Niger",
"capital" : "Minna" ,
"population": "3954772",
"rank": "13"
},
{
"state": "Imo",
"capital" : "Owerri" ,
"population": "3934899",
"rank": "14"
},
{
"state": "Akwa Ibom",
"capital" : "Uyo" ,
"population": "3920208",
"rank": "15"
},
{
"state": "Ogun",
"capital" : "Abeokuta" ,
"population": "3728098",
"rank": "16"
},
{
"state": "Sokoto",
"capital" : "Sokoto" ,
"population": "3696699",
"rank": "17"
},
{
"state": "Ondo",
"capital" : "Akure" ,
"population": "3441024",
"rank": "18"
},
{
"state": "Osun",
"capital" : "Osogbo" ,
"population": "3423535",
"rank": "19",
},
{
"state": "Kogi",
"capital" : "Lokoja" ,
"population": "3278487",
"rank": "20"
},
{
"state": "Zamfara",
"capital" : "Gusau" ,
"population": "3259846",
"rank": "21"
},
{
"state": "Enugu",
"capital" : "Enugu" ,
"population": "3257298",
"rank": "22"
},
{
"state": "Kebbi",
"capital" : "Birnin-Kebbi" ,
"population": "3238628",
"rank": "23"
},
{
"state": "Edo",
"capital" : "Benin",
"population": "3218332",
"rank": "24"
},
{
"state": "Plateau",
"capital" : "Jos",
"population": "3178712",
"rank": "25"
},
{
"state": "Adamawa",
"capital" : "Yola",
"population": "3168101",
"rank": "26"
},
{
"state": "Cross River",
"capital" : "Calabar",
"population": "2888966",
"rank": "27"
},
{
"state": "Abia",
"capital" : "Umuahia",
"population": "2833999",
"rank": "28"
},
{
"state": "Ekiti",
"capital" : "Ekiti",
"population": "2384212",
"rank": "29"
},
{
"state": "Kwara",
"capital" : "Ilorin",
"population": "2371089",
"rank": "30"
},
{
"state": "Gombe",
"capital" : "Gombe",
"population": "2353879",
"rank": "31"
},
{
"state": "Yobe",
"capital" : "Damaturu",
"population": "2321591",
"rank": "32",
},
{
"state": "Taraba",
"capital" : "Jalingo",
"population": "2300736",
"rank": "33"
},
{
"state": "Ebonyi",
"capital" : "Abakaliki",
"population": "2173501",
"rank": "34"
},
{
"state": "Nasarawa",
"capital" : "Lafia",
"population": "1863275",
"rank": "35"
},
{
"state": "Bayelsa",
"capital" : "Yenagoa",
"population": "1703358",
"rank": "36"
}
]
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