temikeezy/nigeria-geojson-data

A comprehensive, structured, and ready-to-use dataset of all States, Local Government Areas (LGAs), and Wards in Nigeria, including their geographic coordinates. Ideal for developers, civic tech, GIS, mapping tools, and data-driven apps. # 🇳🇬 Nigeria GeoJSON API A comprehensive, structured, and ready-to-use dataset of all **States**, **Local Government Areas (LGAs)**, and **Wards** in Nigeria, including their **geographic coordinates**. Ideal for developers, civic tech, GIS, mapping tools, and data-driven apps. --- ## 📁 Folder: `data/` | File | Description | |------|-------------| | `states.json` | List of all Nigerian states (36 + FCT) | | `lgas.json` | Object mapping each state to its list of LGAs | | `wards.json` | Flat list of all wards with their lat/long | | `lgas-with-wards.json` | Nested object: state → LGA → wards | | `full.json` | 🔥 All-in-one structure: state → LGA → wards with coordinates | --- ## 🔎 File Structure Examples ### `states.json` ```json ["Abia", "Adamawa", "Akwa Ibom", ..., "Zamfara"] ``` ### `lgas.json` ```json { "Kwara": ["Ilorin East", "Ilorin South", "Ilorin West", ...], ... } ``` ### `wards.json` ```json [ { "State": "Kwara", "LGA": "Ilorin West", "Ward": "Ajikobi", "Latitude": 8.4892, "Longitude": 4.5382 }, ... ] ``` ### `lgas-with-wards.json` ```json { "Kwara": { "Ilorin West": [ { "name": "Ajikobi", "latitude": 8.4892, "longitude": 4.5382 }, ... ] } } ``` ### `full.json` ```json [ { "state": "Kwara", "lgas": [ { "name": "Ilorin West", "wards": [ { "name": "Ajikobi", "latitude": 8.4892, "longitude": 4.5382 }, ... ] } ] } ] ``` --- ## 🚀 How to Use Host the files on: - GitHub Pages - Netlify / Vercel - Local or cloud-based APIs Then fetch like: ```js fetch("/data/full.json").then(res => res.json()); ``` --- ## 📌 Use Cases - ✅ Election & civic apps - ✅ State/LGA/Ward dropdowns - ✅ Offline mapping and analytics - ✅ Data validation for forms - ✅ Location-based services in Nigeria --- ## 📜 License **MIT** – free to use, modify, and distribute. Attribution is appreciated but not required. --- ## 🙌 Contributions Found an error or want to add metadata (region, postal codes, coordinates)? PRs welcome!