Theory question 108
Nigeria: People and Economy(a) Draw a sketch map of Nigeria, and on it mark and name (i) one area of high population density (ii) one area of low population density (iii) one town in each area shown
(b) Give four reasons in each case for the type of population density shown on your map.
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(a) e.g. high density – Lagos or Igboland (Onitsha/Owerri) or Kano close-settled zone; low density – middle belt (Makurdi/Lokoja area) or Borno/Bauchi
(b) High (Lagos): commercial and industrial centre; jobs; port and transport hub; former federal capital; social amenities; migration
Low (middle belt): past slave raiding; tsetse fly and blackfly (sleeping sickness, river blindness); poor soils and few amenities; few industries and jobs; poor communications
Give separate reasons for the dense and the sparse area.