North East Nigeria

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geopolitical zone of Nigeria

North East Nigeria is a geopolitical zone of Nigeria comprising several states in the country’s far northeastern corner, bordering countries like Cameroon, Chad, and Niger and known for its diverse ethnic groups and security challenges.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
North East geopolitical zone of Nigeria 2
North East geopolitical zone 1
North-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria 1

Statements (56)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geopolitical zone of Nigeria ⓘ
capitalOfZone Maiduguri ⓘ
climate semi-arid ⓘ
tropical savanna ⓘ
comprisesAdministrativeDivision Adamawa State NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bauchi State NERFINISHED ⓘ
Borno State NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gombe ⓘ
surface form: Gombe State

Taraba State ⓘ
Yobe State NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Nigeria ⓘ
economicActivity agriculture ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
livestock rearing ⓘ
federalConstituencyOf National Assembly of Nigeria ⓘ
geographicalRegion Sahel ⓘ
Sudan savanna ⓘ
hasBorderWith Cameroon ⓘ
Chad ⓘ
Niger ⓘ
North Central Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ
North West Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ
South East Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ
South South Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ
South West Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup Bachama people ⓘ
Bura people ⓘ
Fulani ⓘ
surface form: Fulani people

Hausa people ⓘ
Jukun people ⓘ
Kanuri people ⓘ
Kilba people ⓘ
Margi people ⓘ
Tiv people ⓘ
Waja people ⓘ
knownFor Boko Haram insurgency ⓘ
Lake Chad Basin proximity ⓘ
security challenges ⓘ
largestCity Maiduguri ⓘ
locationCountry Nigeria ⓘ
majorCity Bauchi ⓘ
Damaturu ⓘ
Gombe ⓘ
Jalingo ⓘ
Yola ⓘ
numberOfStates 6 ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
partOf Nigeria ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
timeZone West Africa Time (WAT) ⓘ
surface form: West Africa Time
utcOffset +1 ⓘ
widelySpokenLanguage Fulfulde ⓘ
Hausa ⓘ
Kanuri people ⓘ
surface form: Kanuri

Referenced by (8)

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

Bauchi State → geographicalRegion → North East Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: North East geopolitical zone
Taraba State → geopoliticalZone → North East Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: North East geopolitical zone of Nigeria
Northern Nigeria → hasSubregion → North East Nigeria ⓘ
Borno State → locatedIn → North East Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northeast geopolitical zone of Nigeria
Gombe → locatedIn → North East Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northeastern Nigeria
Yola → locatedIn → North East Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: northeastern Nigeria
Gombe → region → North East Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: North-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria
Yobe State → region → North East Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: North East geopolitical zone of Nigeria