Strategically central capital positioned to balance Nigeria's regional power centers and national administrative reach

Fast-growing capital population with strong internal migration, elite concentration, and expanding satellite-city pressure

Government spending, construction, services, real estate, and policy-linked investment drive Abuja's economy

High strategic relevance through national command institutions, internal security coordination, and crisis governance

Seat of Nigeria's presidency, federal ministries, legislature, judiciary, and diplomatic establishment

Nationally symbolic interfaith capital shaped by major Islamic and Christian institutions

Modern planned capital with major postcolonial significance as Nigeria's purpose-built federal center