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About The Niger Delta
Size
70,000 sq km making up nine States, three core: Rivers, Bayelsa and Delta and also Abia, Akwa Ibom, Cross Rivers, Edo, Imo and Ondo.
Natural resources
The Niger Delta region accounts for over 90 per cent of Nigeria's proven gas and oil reserves. Proven gas reserves were 4.502 trillion (cu m) in 2005 and proven oil reserves were 36 billion (cu m) in 2003.
Topography
The Niger Delta is the world's second largest wetland dominated by mangrove swamps and low lying alluvial plains making it one of the most fertile regions on Earth.
Slideshows: Life in the Delta
Take a look at our slideshows to gain an understanding of daily life in the Niger Delta and what troubles and motivates the people of this unique region.
Watch Poison Fire, the documentary film by Lars Johansson
Africa, oil, climate change, globalisation, repression, violence, rights. Poison fire shows some of the world's most urgent challenges in a microcosm - the strained relationship between the oil industry and local communities in Nigeria's Niger Delta.
