Africa · DX entity · DXCC 450

Nigeria

Nigeria is a DX entity in Africa, in CQ zone 35 and ITU zone 46. Its primary prefix is 5N.

Flag of Nigeria.

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Figure 1. Nigeria and its states, with neighbouring land in grey. Hover for names; scroll to zoom. Boundaries: Natural Earth, Admin 0 Map Subunits and Admin 1 States and Provinces, 1:10m, version 5.1.2 (13 May 2022), public domain, retrieved 2026-10-15. https://www.naturalearthdata.com/. DX entity boundaries assembled by The DX Atlas Project from the sources named, one recipe row per DXCC entity (subunits matched, merged, split by box or carved from a parent; DXEntity-Recipe.md), 2026. Simplified for this page to 0.01011 degrees, about 1 km; exported 30 October 2026. Projection: Lambert azimuthal equal-area centred on 9.1° N 8.7° E.

Data sheet

DXCC entity code	450
Name in the ADIF standard	NIGERIA
Continent	Africa
Primary prefix	5N
CQ zone	35
ITU zone	46

Prefixes

5N is the primary prefix. The country files list 2 prefixes and prefix blocks for Nigeria.

Show all prefixes

5N 5O

Sources: Jim Reisert AD1C, Big CTY country files, 15 September 2026. https://www.country-files.com/ (MIT licence); ADIF Development Group, ADIF Specification version 3.1.8 (2026-10-12), DXCC Entity Code enumeration. https://adif.org/; ARRL, DXCC List (current and deleted entities), January 2026. https://www.arrl.org/country-lists-prefixes; Flag: Flagpedia.net (flagcdn.com), SVG, public domain, retrieved 2026-10-10.