Maiduguri

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city state capital

Maiduguri is a major city in northeastern Nigeria that serves as the capital of Borno State and a key economic and administrative center in the region.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
state capital ⓘ
administrativeDivision Maiduguri Metropolitan Council ⓘ
capitalOf Borno State NERFINISHED ⓘ
climate hot semi-arid climate ⓘ
country Nigeria ⓘ
economicActivity agricultural trade ⓘ
informal commerce ⓘ
services sector ⓘ
elevation about 320 meters above sea level ⓘ
foundedAs British military outpost ⓘ
function administrative center ⓘ
economic center ⓘ
transport hub ⓘ
governingBody Borno State ⓘ
surface form: Borno State Government
hasAirport Maiduguri International Airport ⓘ
hasInstitution Nigerian Army University Biu (nearby influence) ⓘ
University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital ⓘ
hasLocalGovernmentArea Maiduguri Metropolitan Council ⓘ
surface form: Maiduguri LGA
hasSecurityIssue Boko Haram insurgency ⓘ
hasTraditionalRuler Shehu of Borno ⓘ
hasUniversity University of Maiduguri ⓘ
historicalRole center of Kanem-Bornu cultural area ⓘ
knownFor grain markets ⓘ
textiles trade ⓘ
trade in livestock ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
Hausa ⓘ
Kanuri ⓘ
locatedIn Borno State NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInRegion Northeastern Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Ngadda River ⓘ
majorEthnicGroup Hausa people ⓘ
Kanuri people ⓘ
majorReligion Islam ⓘ
nearbyBorder Cameroon ⓘ
Chad ⓘ
Niger ⓘ
partOf Sahel ⓘ
surface form: Sahel region
regionCapitalOf Borno Emirate ⓘ
roadConnection Biu ⓘ
Damaturu ⓘ
Monguno ⓘ
timeZone West Africa Time (WAT) ⓘ
surface form: West Africa Time
transportMode air transport ⓘ
road transport ⓘ
utcOffset +1 ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Borno State → capital → Maiduguri ⓘ
Northern Nigeria → hasMajorCity → Maiduguri ⓘ
Borno State → largestCity → Maiduguri ⓘ
North East Nigeria → largestCity → Maiduguri ⓘ
Kanuri → majorCityPresence → Maiduguri ⓘ