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A237 Highway (Nigeria)
The A237 highway is a highway in Nigeria. It is one of the ''East-West'' roads linking the main ''south-north'' roads. (It is named from the two highways it links). It runs from the A2 highway at Kano to the A3 highway at Kari, Borno state north of Darazo, Bauchi State Bauchi State (Fula: ''Leydi Bauchi'' 𞤤𞤫𞤴𞤣𞤠𞤦𞤢𞤵𞤷𞥅ðž¤) is a state in the North-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria, bordered by Kano and Jigawa to the north, Taraba and Plateau to the south, Gombe and Yobe to the e .... some important towns along the road are Kari (Borno state), Darazo (Bauchi state), Gwaram, Birnin Kudu (Jigawa state), Takai, Wudil, Ladin makole and Mariri (Kano state). References Highways in Nigeria {{Nigeria-road-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nigeria
Nigeria ( ), , ig, NaìjÃrÃyà , yo, Nà ìjÃrÃà , pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea to the south in the Atlantic Ocean. It covers an area of , and with a population of over 225 million, it is the most populous country in Africa, and the world's sixth-most populous country. Nigeria borders Niger in the north, Chad in the northeast, Cameroon in the east, and Benin in the west. Nigeria is a federal republic comprising of 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, where the capital, Abuja, is located. The largest city in Nigeria is Lagos, one of the largest metropolitan areas in the world and the second-largest in Africa. Nigeria has been home to several indigenous pre-colonial states and kingdoms since the second millennium BC, with the Nok civilization in the 15th century BC, marking the first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A2 Highway (Nigeria)
The A2 highway is a highway in Nigeria. It begins at Elele, a town in Rivers State from the junction of roads to the cities of Port Harcourt and Owerri. It proceeds northwesterly though Warri to Benin City, thence northerly via Okene, Kaduna, Zaria and Kano Kano may refer to: Places *Kano State, a state in Northern Nigeria * Kano (city), a city in Nigeria, and the capital of Kano State **Kingdom of Kano, a Hausa kingdom between the 10th and 14th centuries **Sultanate of Kano, a Hausa kingdom between ... to the border with the Republic of Niger in the north of the country, connecting with the N10 highway of Niger. Highways in Nigeria Niger–Nigeria border crossings {{Nigeria-road-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kano (city)
Kano (Ajami: كانو) is a city in northern Nigeria and the capital of Kano State. It is the second largest city in Nigeria after Lagos, with over four million citizens living within ; located in the Savanna, south of the Sahel, Kano is a major route of the trans-Saharan trade. The city has been a trade and human settlement for millennia. It is the traditional state of the Dabo dynasty who since the 19th century have ruled as emirs over the city-state. Kano Emirate Council is the current traditional institution inside the city boundaries of Kano, and under the authority of the Government of Kano State. The city is one of the medieval Hausa seven kingdoms and the principal inhabitants of the city are the Hausa people. Centuries before British colonization, Kano was strongly cosmopolitan with settled populations of Arab, Berber, Tuareg, Kanuri and Fula and remains so with the Hausa language spoken as a lingua-franca by over 70 million speakers in the region. Islam arrived i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A3 Highway (Nigeria)
The A3 highway is a highway in Nigeria. It runs generally north from Port Harcourt through Aba, Umuahia, Okigwe, Enugu, Ngwo, Makurdi, Lafia, Jos, Bauchi and Potiskum thence east via Damaturu and Maiduguri to the border with Cameroon at Gamboru. The continuation through Cameroon connects to N'Djamena, the capital of Chad. Gamboru Bridge On May 9, 2014, it was reported that the bridge linking Gamboru to the rest of Nigeria, and also linking the immigration checkpoints of both Cameroon and Nigeria, had been destroyed in an attack by jihadists Boko Haram. Hundreds of heavy duty trucks plying the Chad-Nigeria highway along Gamboru-Ngala Local Government conveying commodities from the two countries are now left stranded on either sides of the bridge. On May 13, 2014, the House of Representatives "called on the Federal Government to rebuild the Gamboru Bridge linking the border town with other parts of Borno State." On 9 February 2020, a massacre A massacre is the killin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darazo
Darazo is a Local Government Area of Bauchi State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Darazo. Many Fulani people reside in the LGA. It has an area of 3,015 km and a population of 251,597 at the 2006 census. The postal code A postal code (also known locally in various English-speaking countries throughout the world as a postcode, post code, PIN or ZIP Code) is a series of letters or digits or both, sometimes including spaces or punctuation, included in a postal a ... of the area is 750. The Zumbun language is spoken in Jimbim settlement in Darazo LGA. References Local Government Areas in Bauchi State {{Bauchi-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bauchi State
Bauchi State (Fula: ''Leydi Bauchi'' 𞤤𞤫𞤴𞤣𞤠𞤦𞤢𞤵𞤷𞥅ðž¤) is a state in the North-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria, bordered by Kano and Jigawa to the north, Taraba and Plateau to the south, Gombe and Yobe to the east, and Kaduna to the west. It takes its name from the historic town of Bauchi, which also serves as its capital city. The state was formed in 1976 when the former North-Eastern State was broken up. It originally included the area that is now Gombe State, which became a distinct state in 1996. Of the 36 states, Bauchi is the fifth largest in area and seventh most populous with an estimated population of over 6,530,000 as of 2016. Geographically, the state is divided between the West Sudanian savanna in the south and the drier, semi-desert Sahelian savanna in the north with a small part of the montane Jos Plateau in the southwest. A key defining characteristic of the state’s landscape is Yankari National Park, a large wildlife park ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
