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==== Nigeria ==== {{Further|Ethnic groups in Nigeria}} [[File:Nigeria linguistical map 1979.svg|thumb|250px|right|Map of Nigeria's linguistic groups]] The largest nation in [[Nigeria]] is the [[Hausa-Fulani]], which accounts for 29 percent of the country's population. However, the group actually encompasses two distinct ethnicities: the [[Hausa people|Hausa]] and the [[Fulani]] (or Fulbe). While both ethnicities are found in large areas of [[West Africa]], it is only in Nigeria that they are classified as a single ethnic group for political expediency. Nigeria is also made up of many other ethnic groups like the [[Yoruba people|Yoruba]], [[Igbo people|Igbo]] and [[Ibibio people|Ibibio]]. Prior to colonialism, they were not self identified as one ethnic nationality but are so today along with the three Hausa-Fulani, Yoruba, and Igbo which classification does carry between each group of who is part of and not part of the group aside from them Nigeria as about 250β500 other ethnic nationalities considered minorities with some large enough to control the outcomes of elections in states such as the Igala and Urhobo. While some are so small that they only show up in one local Government area.
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