Kuje

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State	Federal Capital Territory
Kuje, Nigeria
Time zone	WAT (UTC+1)
Website: http://www.fct.gov.ng/

Central Kuje.

Kuje is an administrative town in Federal Capital Territory about 40 km South West of Abuja, the Capital of Nigeria.

1 Attractions
2 Education
3 Market
4 Expansion

[edit] Attractions

Kuje is a busy market town with a range of roadside stores selling pharmaceuticals, provisions, building materials, ironmongery, tools, phone cards, counterfeit music CDs. It is also home to several "independent" petrol stations which are unpopular because of the apparent inaccuracy of the calibration of their pumps.

[edit] Education

Kuje has several state and private schools including the Capital Science Academy.

Kuje Market.

[edit] Market

In the centre of Kuje is a colourful market held every 4 days with stalls selling fruit, vegetables, very fresh meat, other provisions, household goods, fabric, shoes, clothing, smoked fish and posters displaying European footballers pictured alongside their houses, wives and cars.

[edit] Expansion

Kuje is seeing a rapid expansion in house building because of it's proximity to Abuja and because of the removal of informal settlements along the airport road. There is a network of well tarred roads serving zones of as yet un-built housing whilst the existing residential areas are linked by often impassable, potholed dirt roads.