Zungeru
Sign in to saveZungeru is a town in Niger State, Nigeria. It was the capital of the British protectorate of Northern Nigeria from 1902 until 1916. It is the site of the Niger State Polytechnic and is located on the Kaduna River.
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The entry is geolocated on the map, across 4 mapped points.
Within Vinony's link graph, Zungeru is referenced by 35 other articles, and connects out to United Kingdom, Nigeria and Islam.
It sits within the topics Populated places in Niger State and Use Nigerian English from January 2023.
Its subject is documented across 11 Wikipedia language editions.
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Place details
- Locality
- Zungeru
- Region
- Niger
- Country
- Nigeria
- Population
- 24,447
- Timezone
- Africa/Lagos
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Zungeru
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Nigeria
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Niger State
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- City Zungeru
- Settlement.unit_pref
- metric
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2006
- Settlement.population_total
- 24,447
- Settlement.timezone
- WAT
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +1
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 149
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Nigeria
- Located in
- Northern Region
- Continent
- Africa
- Elevation
- 149
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Capital of
- Northern Nigeria Protectorate
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- Commons category
- Zungeru
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Sources (1)
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- History
- Demographics
- Geography and climate
- Transport
- Notable people from Zungeru
- See also
- References
- External links
- Further reading
Zungeru is a town in Niger State, Nigeria. It was the capital of the British protectorate of Northern Nigeria from 1902 until 1916. It is the site of the Niger State Polytechnic and is located on the Kaduna River.
==History==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Zungeru” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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4 mapped locations