Nigerians in China are the expat population from Nigeria living in China.
Population
According to Nigerian Senator David Mark on a delegation visit to China in May 2014, there are about 10,000 Nigerians living in China.
Nigerians are concentrated in
Guangzhou
Guangzhou (, ; ; or ; ), also known as Canton () and alternatively romanized as Kwongchow or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of Guangdong province in southern China. Located on the Pearl River about north-northwest of Hong Kon ...
, a city in the Guangdong province with a large
population
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of Africans.
Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria Gu Xiaojie in 2015 stated Nigerians are the largest African population in China.
See also
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Africans in Guangzhou
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African Chinese
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China–Nigeria relations
References
{{Immigration to China
African diaspora in China
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
Ethnic groups in China
Immigration to China