Lokoja

E108905
city

Lokoja is a city in central Nigeria located at the strategic confluence of the Niger and Benue rivers and serves as the capital of Kogi State.

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Label Occurrences
Lokoja canonical 14

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
administrativeDivision Kogi State ⓘ
capitalOf Kogi State ⓘ
climate tropical savanna climate ⓘ
country Nigeria ⓘ
countryCode NG ⓘ
countrySubdivisionType state capital ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel approximately 55 meters ⓘ
formerCapitalOf Northern Nigeria ⓘ
surface form: Northern Nigeria Protectorate
governingBody Kogi State ⓘ
surface form: Kogi State Government
hasFeature river port ⓘ
state government offices ⓘ
hasFunction administrative center of Kogi State ⓘ
commercial center in central Nigeria ⓘ
hasGeographicalFeature river confluence ⓘ
hasRoadConnectionTo Abuja ⓘ
Benin City ⓘ
Ilorin ⓘ
Onitsha ⓘ
historicalRole colonial administrative center in Nigeria ⓘ
historicalSignificance early center of British presence in inland Nigeria ⓘ
isInRiverBasin Niger River valley ⓘ
surface form: Niger River basin
isStateCapital true ⓘ
knownFor confluence of Niger and Benue rivers ⓘ
role as capital of Kogi State ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
Hausa ⓘ
Igala ⓘ
Yoruba ⓘ
locatedAtConfluenceOf Benue River ⓘ
Niger River ⓘ
locatedIn Kogi State ⓘ
locatedInGeopoliticalZone North Central Nigeria ⓘ
surface form: North Central geopolitical zone of Nigeria
locatedInRegion North Central Nigeria ⓘ
surface form: Central Nigeria
locatedOnContinent Africa ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Benue River ⓘ
Niger River ⓘ
majorRiverNearby Benue River ⓘ
Niger River ⓘ
region North Central Nigeria ⓘ
religionPracticed Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
settlementType urban area ⓘ
strategicLocation confluence of Niger and Benue rivers ⓘ
timeZone West Africa Time (WAT) ⓘ
surface form: West Africa Time
transportRole river transport hub ⓘ
road transport junction ⓘ
utcOffset +1 ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Benue River → mouthLocation → Lokoja ⓘ
Benue River → majorCityOnRiver → Lokoja ⓘ
Benue River → flowsThrough → Lokoja ⓘ
Niger River → flowsThroughCity → Lokoja ⓘ
Kogi State → capital → Lokoja ⓘ
Kogi State → largestCity → Lokoja ⓘ
Central Nigeria → majorCity → Lokoja ⓘ
Jebba Dam → upstreamFrom → Lokoja ⓘ
Auchi → roadConnection → Lokoja ⓘ
Kogi → capital → Lokoja ⓘ
subject surface form: Kogi State
Kogi → hasMajorCity → Lokoja ⓘ
subject surface form: Kogi State
Confluence State → associatedCity → Lokoja ⓘ
Kogi State Polytechnic → locatedIn → Lokoja ⓘ
Federal University Lokoja → locatedIn → Lokoja ⓘ