Kogi State

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state in Nigeria

Kogi State is a centrally located Nigerian state often called the “Confluence State” because it is where the Niger and Benue rivers meet, and it is home to a significant Yoruba population alongside other ethnic groups.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Kogi State canonical 28
Kogi State Government 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf state in Nigeria ⓘ
borderingCountry Nigeria ⓘ
bordersState Anambra State ⓘ
Benue State ⓘ
Edo State ⓘ
Ekiti State ⓘ
Enugu State ⓘ
Federal Capital Territory ⓘ
Kwara State ⓘ
Nasarawa State ⓘ
Niger State ⓘ
Ondo State ⓘ
capital Lokoja ⓘ
commonlySpokenLanguage Ebira ⓘ
Igala ⓘ
Yoruba ⓘ
country Nigeria ⓘ
createdFrom Benue State ⓘ
Kwara State ⓘ
dateEstablished 1991-08-27 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Bassa ⓘ
Ebira ⓘ
Igala ⓘ
Nupe ⓘ
Yoruba ⓘ
hasHigherInstitution Federal University Lokoja ⓘ
Kogi State Polytechnic ⓘ
Kogi State University ⓘ
hasLocalGovernmentAreas 21 ⓘ
hasMajorRiver Benue River ⓘ
Niger River ⓘ
hasNaturalResource coal ⓘ
dolomite ⓘ
iron ore ⓘ
limestone ⓘ
ISOCode NG-KO ⓘ
knownFor confluence of Niger and Benue rivers ⓘ
largestCity Lokoja ⓘ
locatedIn Middle Belt ⓘ
surface form: Middle Belt Nigeria

North Central Nigeria ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone West Africa Time (WAT) ⓘ
surface form: West Africa Time
motto The Confluence of Opportunities ⓘ
nickname Confluence State ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
officialName Kogi State self-link ⓘ
region Central Nigeria ⓘ
surface form: North Central geopolitical zone of Nigeria
religion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
shortName Kogi ⓘ
UTCOffset +1 ⓘ
vehicleRegistrationCode Kogi ⓘ

Referenced by (29)

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

Yoruba → majorStatesInNigeria → Kogi State ⓘ
Northern Nigeria → hasState → Kogi State ⓘ
Middle Belt → includesState → Kogi State ⓘ
Benue River → flowsThrough → Kogi State ⓘ
Federal Capital Territory → borderedBy → Kogi State ⓘ
Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria → borderedBy → Kogi State ⓘ
Edo State → borderedBy → Kogi State ⓘ
Ondo State → bordersState → Kogi State ⓘ
Ekiti State → sharesBorderWith → Kogi State ⓘ
Kwara State → bordersState → Kogi State ⓘ
Kogi State → officialName → Kogi State self-link ⓘ
Nupe people → primaryState → Kogi State ⓘ
Nupe language → primaryRegion → Kogi State ⓘ
Jukun people → primaryLocation → Kogi State ⓘ
Niger State → bordersState → Kogi State ⓘ
Benue State → borders → Kogi State ⓘ
Nasarawa State → borders → Kogi State ⓘ
Lokoja → locatedIn → Kogi State ⓘ
Lokoja → capitalOf → Kogi State ⓘ
Lokoja → administrativeDivision → Kogi State ⓘ
Lokoja → governingBody → Kogi State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kogi State Government
Central Nigeria → includes → Kogi State ⓘ
Anambra State → borders → Kogi State ⓘ
Enugu State → borders → Kogi State ⓘ
Yoruboid languages → spokenIn → Kogi State ⓘ
Akoko languages → spokenIn → Kogi State ⓘ
Oko languages → areSpokenIn → Kogi State ⓘ
Abaji Area Council → borderWith → Kogi State ⓘ
Nupe → partOfModernState → Kogi State ⓘ