Jigawa State (Q682691)

state in Northern Nigeria

Land of beauty

Language	Label	Description	Also known as
default for all languages	Jigawa state
English	Jigawa State	state in Northern Nigeria	Land of beauty

Statements

instance of

state of Nigeria

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reference URL

https://orti.se/en/country/nigeria/jigawa-state

inception

27 August 1991

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Dutse Mountains, Dutse Jigawa State, Nigeria by Micheal Jerry Eshemokhai (9).jpg
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https://orti.se/en/country/nigeria/jigawa-state

country

Nigeria

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https://dutseemirate.com/jm/

located in the administrative territorial entity

Nigeria

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Italian Wikipedia

located in time zone

UTC+01:00

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Russian Wikipedia

coordinate location

12°0'N, 9°45'E

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geoshape

Data:Nigeria/Jigawa.map

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office held by the head of government

Governor of Jigawa State

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head of government

Umar Namadi

start time

May 2023

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reference URL

https://nggovernorsforum.org/index.php/the-ngf/governors/555-jigawa-state-governor

title

Jigawa State Governor (English)

retrieved

28 May 2026

executive body

executive council of Jigawa State

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legislative body

Jigawa State House of Assembly

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population

4,361,002

point in time

2006

determination method or standard

census

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reference URL

https://web.archive.org/web/20110519235026/http://www.population.gov.ng/files/nationafinal.pdf

6,000,163

point in time

2016

determination method or standard

census

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reference URL

https://nigerianstat.gov.ng/download/775

contains the administrative territorial entity

Auyo

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reference URL

https://www.naijahomebased.com/list-27-local-government-areas-jigawa-state/

reference URL

https://nigerianfinder.com/local-governments-in-nigeria-the-full-list/

Buji

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reference URL

https://www.naijahomebased.com/list-27-local-government-areas-jigawa-state/

reference URL

https://nigerianfinder.com/local-governments-in-nigeria-the-full-list/

Dutse

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reference URL

https://www.naijahomebased.com/list-27-local-government-areas-jigawa-state/

reference URL

https://nigerianfinder.com/local-governments-in-nigeria-the-full-list/

Gagarawa

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reference URL

https://www.naijahomebased.com/list-27-local-government-areas-jigawa-state/

reference URL

https://nigerianfinder.com/local-governments-in-nigeria-the-full-list/

Birnin Kudu

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reference URL

https://www.naijahomebased.com/list-27-local-government-areas-jigawa-state/

reference URL

https://nigerianfinder.com/local-governments-in-nigeria-the-full-list/

Biriniwa

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reference URL

https://www.naijahomebased.com/list-27-local-government-areas-jigawa-state/

reference URL

https://nigerianfinder.com/local-governments-in-nigeria-the-full-list/

Babura

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reference URL

https://www.naijahomebased.com/list-27-local-government-areas-jigawa-state/

reference URL

https://nigerianfinder.com/local-governments-in-nigeria-the-full-list/

Kafin Hausa

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reference URL

https://www.naijahomebased.com/list-27-local-government-areas-jigawa-state/

reference URL

https://nigerianfinder.com/local-governments-in-nigeria-the-full-list/

Kaugama

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reference URL

https://www.naijahomebased.com/list-27-local-government-areas-jigawa-state/

reference URL

https://nigerianfinder.com/local-governments-in-nigeria-the-full-list/

Jahun

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reference URL

https://www.naijahomebased.com/list-27-local-government-areas-jigawa-state/

reference URL

https://nigerianfinder.com/local-governments-in-nigeria-the-full-list/

Gumel

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reference URL

https://www.naijahomebased.com/list-27-local-government-areas-jigawa-state/

reference URL

https://nigerianfinder.com/local-governments-in-nigeria-the-full-list/

Guri

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reference URL

https://www.naijahomebased.com/list-27-local-government-areas-jigawa-state/

reference URL

https://nigerianfinder.com/local-governments-in-nigeria-the-full-list/

Gwaram

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reference URL

https://www.naijahomebased.com/list-27-local-government-areas-jigawa-state/

reference URL

https://nigerianfinder.com/local-governments-in-nigeria-the-full-list/

Gwiwa

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reference URL

https://www.naijahomebased.com/list-27-local-government-areas-jigawa-state/

reference URL

https://nigerianfinder.com/local-governments-in-nigeria-the-full-list/

Hadejia

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reference URL

https://www.naijahomebased.com/list-27-local-government-areas-jigawa-state/

reference URL

https://nigerianfinder.com/local-governments-in-nigeria-the-full-list/

Garki

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reference URL

https://www.naijahomebased.com/list-27-local-government-areas-jigawa-state/

reference URL

https://nigerianfinder.com/local-governments-in-nigeria-the-full-list/

Kiri Kasama

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reference URL

https://www.naijahomebased.com/list-27-local-government-areas-jigawa-state/

reference URL

https://nigerianfinder.com/local-governments-in-nigeria-the-full-list/

Kiyawa

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reference URL

https://www.naijahomebased.com/list-27-local-government-areas-jigawa-state/

reference URL

https://nigerianfinder.com/local-governments-in-nigeria-the-full-list/

Maigatari

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reference URL

https://www.naijahomebased.com/list-27-local-government-areas-jigawa-state/

reference URL

https://nigerianfinder.com/local-governments-in-nigeria-the-full-list/

Malam Madori

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reference URL

https://www.naijahomebased.com/list-27-local-government-areas-jigawa-state/

reference URL

https://nigerianfinder.com/local-governments-in-nigeria-the-full-list/

Miga

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reference URL

https://www.naijahomebased.com/list-27-local-government-areas-jigawa-state/

reference URL

https://nigerianfinder.com/local-governments-in-nigeria-the-full-list/

Ringim

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reference URL

https://www.naijahomebased.com/list-27-local-government-areas-jigawa-state/

reference URL

https://nigerianfinder.com/local-governments-in-nigeria-the-full-list/

Roni

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reference URL

https://www.naijahomebased.com/list-27-local-government-areas-jigawa-state/

reference URL

https://nigerianfinder.com/local-governments-in-nigeria-the-full-list/

Yankwashi

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reference URL

https://www.naijahomebased.com/list-27-local-government-areas-jigawa-state/

reference URL

https://nigerianfinder.com/local-governments-in-nigeria-the-full-list/

Taura

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reference URL

https://www.naijahomebased.com/list-27-local-government-areas-jigawa-state/

reference URL

https://nigerianfinder.com/local-governments-in-nigeria-the-full-list/

Sule Tankarkar

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reference URL

https://www.naijahomebased.com/list-27-local-government-areas-jigawa-state/

reference URL

https://nigerianfinder.com/local-governments-in-nigeria-the-full-list/

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23,154 square kilometre

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Russian Wikipedia

postal code

720001

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official website

http://www.jigawanigeria.com/

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Italian Wikipedia

https://jigawastate.gov.ng/

language of work or name

English

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locator map image

Nigeria Jigawa State map.png
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Russian Wikipedia

flag image

Flag of Jigawa State.svg
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English Wikipedia

page banner

Jigawa state page banner.jpg
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English Wikivoyage

Wikimedia import URL

https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Jigawa_State

Commons category

Jigawa State

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topic's main category

Category:Jigawa State

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Identifiers

ISO 3166-2 code

NG-JI

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GND ID

16177099-X

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imported from Wikimedia project

27 September 2026

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3a4977f3-1e2f-4f70-af38-ab162fa3e9d6

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stated in

BBC Things

Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID

jigawa

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Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID

place/Jigawa

subject named as

Jigawa

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FIPS 10-4 (countries and regions)

NI39

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stated in

FIPS 10-4

archive URL

https://web.archive.org/web/20010208080459/http://www.itl.nist.gov:80/fipspubs/fip10-4.htm

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28 October 2013

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID

7015045

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GNS Unique Feature ID

29625

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Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID

jigawa

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Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)

0265618

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HASC

NG.JI

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25 April 2021

https://www.inaturalist.org/places/inaturalist-places.csv.zip

Online PWN Encyclopedia ID

3917980

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OpenStreetMap relation ID

3703236

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OpenWeatherMap city ID

2565345

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Proleksis enciklopedija ID

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1 reference

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place/9cfd5a69-99f2-401c-aa51-4745558927d7

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Sitelinks

Wikipedia(60 entries)

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Wikivoyage(1 entry)

enwikivoyage Jigawa State

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