Maiduguri

E60433
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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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Maiduguri canonical 35
Maiduguri urban area 3
Maiduguri city 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
state capital ⓘ
administrativeDivision Maiduguri Metropolitan Council ⓘ
capitalOf Borno State ⓘ
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 ⓘ
locatedInRegion North East Nigeria ⓘ
surface form: Northeastern Nigeria
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 (41)

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

Northern Nigeria → hasMajorCity → Maiduguri ⓘ
Kanuri → majorCityPresence → Maiduguri ⓘ
North East Nigeria → largestCity → Maiduguri ⓘ
North East Nigeria → capitalOfZone → Maiduguri ⓘ
Borno State → capital → Maiduguri ⓘ
Borno State → largestCity → Maiduguri ⓘ
Lake Chad → nearCity → Maiduguri ⓘ
Islam in Lake Chad region → associatedWithCity → Maiduguri ⓘ
Kukawa → nearbyCity → Maiduguri ⓘ
Bornu → capitalAtVariousTimes → Maiduguri ⓘ
Shehu of Borno → seat → Maiduguri ⓘ
Shehu of Borno → currentCapital → Maiduguri ⓘ
Boko Haram → headquartersLocation → Maiduguri ⓘ
Civilian Joint Task Force → areaOfOperation → Maiduguri ⓘ
Civilian Joint Task Force → origin → Maiduguri ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maiduguri, Borno State
Maiduguri International Airport → serves → Maiduguri ⓘ
Maiduguri International Airport → locatedIn → Maiduguri ⓘ
Maiduguri International Airport → cityServed → Maiduguri ⓘ
Maiduguri International Airport → near → Maiduguri ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maiduguri urban area
University of Maiduguri → locatedIn → Maiduguri ⓘ
University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital → locatedIn → Maiduguri ⓘ
Damaturu → roadConnection → Maiduguri ⓘ
Biu → roadConnection → Maiduguri ⓘ
Monguno → stateCapital → Maiduguri ⓘ
Maiduguri Metropolitan Council → administers → Maiduguri ⓘ
Maiduguri Metropolitan Council → capitalOfAdministeredArea → Maiduguri ⓘ
Maiduguri Metropolitan Council → hasJurisdictionOver → Maiduguri ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maiduguri urban area
Maiduguri Metropolitan Council → seatOfGovernment → Maiduguri ⓘ
Maiduguri Metropolitan Council → governs → Maiduguri ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maiduguri city
Borno Emirate → capital → Maiduguri ⓘ
Borno Emirate → centeredIn → Maiduguri ⓘ
Borno Emirate → modernAdministrativeCenter → Maiduguri ⓘ
Sabon Gari → foundInCity → Maiduguri ⓘ
North-Eastern State → capital → Maiduguri ⓘ
Borno State House of Assembly → locatedIn → Maiduguri ⓘ
Borno State House of Assembly → capitalOfJurisdiction → Maiduguri ⓘ
Potiskum → hasNearbyCity → Maiduguri ⓘ
Ngadda River → flowsThrough → Maiduguri ⓘ
Ngadda River → passesNear → Maiduguri ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maiduguri metropolitan area
Ngadda River → isUrbanRiverIn → Maiduguri ⓘ
Ngadda River → drains → Maiduguri ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maiduguri urban area