Koba may refer to:

Places

Koba, Burkina Faso Koba is a town in the Sanaba Department of Banwa Province in western Burkina Faso Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by Mali t ...

Koba, Indonesia Koba is a sub-district in the Indonesian province of Bangka-Belitung, Indonesia. Koba is located in the Central Bangka Regency on the islands of Bangka Belitong, Indonesia. Demographics The majority of the people in Koba are Hakka Chinese and M ...

, a town in Bangka-Belitung, Indonesia * Koba, Faranah, Guinea * Koba, Kindia, Guinea *

Koba Island :'' Koba Island is also an alternative name for Gupo Island, Taiwan.'' Koba Island ( id, Pulau Koba) is an island in the Aru Islands in the Arafura Sea. It is situated in the Maluku Province, Indonesia. Its area is 1723 km². The other main ...

, one of the Aru Islands of Indonesia *

Gupo Island Gupo Island (), also transliterated as Koba Island, is an island in Baisha Township, Penghu County, Taiwan. Demographics The island is uninhabitated. Economy Nearby residents come to the island for laver harvest in early winter every year. ...

, an island in Penghu County, Taiwan *

Fitzroy Island (Queensland) Fitzroy Island (originally ''Koba'' or ''Gabar'') is a continental island offshore from Cape Grafton, 29 km (18 miles) south-east of Cairns, Queensland, Australia. It is a locality in the Cairns Region. In the Fitzroy Island had a popul ...

, originally Koba, an island off the coast of Far North Queensland, Australia *

Niokolo-Koba National Park The Niokolo-Koba National Park (french: Parc National du Niokolo Koba, PNNK) is a World Heritage Site and natural protected area in south eastern Senegal near the Guinea border. It is served by Niokolo-Koba Airport, an unpaved airstrip. National ...

, a World Heritage Site and natural protected area in south eastern Senegal near the Guinea-Bissau border *

Niokolo-Koba Airport Niokolo-Koba Airport is an airstrip serving the Niokolo-Koba National Park in Senegal. See also *Transport in Senegal * References Great Circle Mapper - Niokolo-Koba* Google Earth Airports in Senegal {{Senegal-airport-stub ...

* Kapitaï and Koba, two areas on the coast of West Africa which were the object of German colonial initiatives in 1884 and 1885. They lay between the Pongo and Dubréka rivers, south of Senegal and Gambia in modern Guinea

People

*Koba, a nickname used by

Joseph Stalin Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili; – 5 March 1953) was a Georgian revolutionary and Soviet political leader who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953. He held power as General Secreta ...

Koba (given name) Koba ( ka, კობა) is a Georgian given name A Georgian name consists of a given name and a surname used by ethnic Georgians. Given names According to the Public Service Hall the most common Georgian names are:Koba (surname) Koba (written: 木庭, 木場 or 古葉) is a Japanese surname Officially, among Japanese names there are 291,129 different Japanese surnames, as determined by their kanji, although many of these are pronounced and romanized similarly. Conversely, ...

, a Japanese surname

Fictional figures

*Koba, a character from the 1883 novel ''

The Patricide ''The Patricide'' ( ka, მამის მკვლელი) is a novel by Alexander Kazbegi, first published in 1882. The novel is a love story, but it also addresses many socio-political issues of 19th century Georgia. The novel portrays criti ...

'' by Alexander Kazbegi *Koba, a character from the 2011 film ''

Warrior A warrior is a person specializing in combat or warfare, especially within the context of a tribal or clan-based warrior culture society that recognizes a separate warrior aristocracies, class, or caste. History Warriors seem to have been p ...

'' * Koba, a fictional bonobo and the main antagonist of the ''

Planet of the Apes ''Planet of the Apes'' is an American science fiction media franchise consisting of films, books, television series, comics, and other media about a world in which humans and intelligent apes clash for control. The franchise is based on Frenc ...

'' reboot series

Arts

Koba Entertainment Koba Entertainment is a producer of original musical theatre based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. To date, they have produced numerous Canadian and U.S. tours for such famous children's properties as Bubble Guppies, Max and Ruby, Toopy & Binoo, ...

* ''Koba'' (play), a play by Raymond Williams, based on Stalin's life *''

Koba the Dread ''Koba the Dread: Laughter and the Twenty Million'' is a 2002 non-fiction book by British writer Martin Amis. Summary The book is a study of the depredations of the regime of Joseph Stalin in the Soviet Union from the 1920s to the 1950s. The ti ...

'', a 2002 non-fiction book by Martin Amis *

Koba LaD Marcel Junior Loutarila (; born April 3, 2000), better known as Koba LaD (), is a French rapper from Évry, Île-de-France. He grew up in famous Bâtiment 7 in Évry, where Bolémvn came from. His name Koba is inspired from the fictional chara ...

, real name Marcel Junior Loutarila, French rapper

Others

Koba language Koba is a language spoken on the Aru Islands The Aru Islands Regency ( id, Kabupaten Kepulauan Aru) is a group of about 95 low-lying islands in the Maluku Islands of eastern Indonesia. It also forms a regency of Maluku Province, with a land ...

, a language of Indonesia *

Koba (sweet) Koba is a sweet made from ground peanuts, brown sugar and rice flour. It is a traditional food of Madagascar (where it is also known as kobandravina), especially in the highlands. In marketplaces and gas stations one may find vendors selling ''k ...

, a confectionery sweet * Kutama Old Boys Association, Zimbabwe *Koba, a plant that is indigenous to Ethiopia {{Disambiguation, geo