Gumel

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Gumel is a prominent town in northern Nigeria known as one of the key urban centers of Jigawa State.

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Label Occurrences
Gumel canonical 1

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Statements (33)

Predicate Object
instanceOf local government area
town
administrativeDivision Gumel Local Government Area
climate hot semi-arid climate
country Nigeria
ethnicGroupMajority Hausa people
ethnicGroupSignificant Fulani
surface form: Fulani people
governingLevel local government area council
hasAdministrativeStatus local government headquarters
hasEducationalInstitutionType secondary schools
hasHealthFacilityType general hospital
hasPostalCodePrefix 731
hasTraditionalRulerTitle Emir of Gumel
historicalRole pre-colonial Hausa emirate town
regional trading center
isUrbanCenterOf Jigawa State NERFINISHED
languageCommon Hausa
locatedIn Jigawa State NERFINISHED
locatedInFormerRegion Kano State NERFINISHED
locatedInRegion Northern Nigeria
majorEconomicActivity agriculture
trade
partOf Gumel Emirate
primaryCrops cowpeas
groundnuts
millet
sorghum
regionType Sahelian zone
religionMajority Islam
timeZone West Africa Time (WAT)
surface form: West Africa Time
transportConnection linked by road to Hadejia
linked by road to Kano
utcOffset +1

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

Jigawa State hasMajorTown Gumel