Koko/Besse
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Koko/Besse is a Local Government Area in Kebbi State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in Koko town. The town was founded by Mallam Mamman Dan-Gindi, a grandson of Mallam Abdulsalami Bagimbane. The majority inhabitants of Koko/Besse are Gimbanawa and Fulani tribes.
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Vinony's link graph records 34 inbound references to Koko/Besse, and connects out to Nigeria, time zone and postal code.
Vinony files it under Local government areas in Kebbi State and Use Nigerian English from January 2023.
Vinony links it to 10 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Koko/Besse
- Settlement.settlement_type
- LGA and town
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Kebbi State
- Settlement.leader_title
- Local Government Chairman
- Settlement.leader_name
- Siraju Usman Koko
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2017
- Settlement.timezone
- WAT
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +1
- Settlement.mapframe
- yes
- Settlement.mapframe zoom
- 8
- Settlement.mapframe wikidata
- yes
- Settlement.mapframe marker
- village
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- local government area of Nigeria
- Country
- Nigeria
- Located in
- Kebbi State
- Population
- 154818
- Area
- 1299
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
2 sectionsContents
- Climate
- References
Koko/Besse is a Local Government Area in Kebbi State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in Koko town. The town was founded by Mallam Mamman Dan-Gindi, a grandson of Mallam Abdulsalami Bagimbane. The majority inhabitants of Koko/Besse are Gimbanawa and Fulani tribes.
It has an area of 1,299 km and a population of 154,605 at the 2006 census.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Koko/Besse” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.