Borno State

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state in Nigeria

Borno State is a large, historically significant state in northeastern Nigeria known for its Kanuri heritage, arid Sahelian landscape, and proximity to the Lake Chad region.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Borno State canonical 45
Borno State Government 5
Borno State, Nigeria 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf state in Nigeria ⓘ
bordersCountry Cameroon ⓘ
Chad ⓘ
Niger ⓘ
bordersState Adamawa State ⓘ
Gombe ⓘ
surface form: Gombe State

Yobe State ⓘ
capital Maiduguri ⓘ
country Nigeria ⓘ
createdOn 1976-02-03 ⓘ
dominantReligion Islam ⓘ
economySector agriculture ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
livestock rearing ⓘ
governorTitle Governor of Borno State ⓘ
hasAirport Maiduguri International Airport ⓘ
hasClimate semi-arid ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup Babur/Bura people ⓘ
Fulani ⓘ
surface form: Fulani people

Hausa people ⓘ
Kanuri people ⓘ
Marghi people ⓘ
Shuwa Arabs ⓘ
hasGeographicFeature Lake Chad basin ⓘ
surface form: Lake Chad Basin

Sahelian savanna ⓘ
dune fields ⓘ
hasLocalGovernmentAreas 27 ⓘ
hasMajorLanguage Hausa ⓘ
Kanuri people ⓘ
surface form: Kanuri
hasMinorityReligion Christianity ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage English ⓘ
hasRiver Ngadda River ⓘ
Yobe River ⓘ
hasSecurityIssue Boko Haram insurgency ⓘ
hasUniversity University of Maiduguri ⓘ
historicalPolity Bornu Empire ⓘ
historicalRegion Bornu Empire ⓘ
surface form: Kanem–Bornu region
isoCode NG-BO ⓘ
knownFor Kanuri heritage ⓘ
arid Sahelian landscape ⓘ
proximity to Lake Chad ⓘ
largestCity Maiduguri ⓘ
legislature Borno State House of Assembly ⓘ
locatedIn North East Nigeria ⓘ
surface form: Northeast geopolitical zone of Nigeria
namedAfter Bornu Empire ⓘ
surface form: Borno (Bornu) Empire
regionType Sahel ⓘ
timeZone West Africa Time (WAT) ⓘ
surface form: West Africa Time
utcOffset +01:00 ⓘ

Referenced by (52)

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

Northern Nigeria → hasState → Borno State ⓘ
Boko Haram insurgency → location → Borno State ⓘ
Maiduguri → locatedIn → Borno State ⓘ
Maiduguri → capitalOf → Borno State ⓘ
Maiduguri → governingBody → Borno State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Borno State Government
North East Nigeria → comprisesAdministrativeDivision → Borno State ⓘ
Yobe State → createdFrom → Borno State ⓘ
Yobe State → bordersWith → Borno State ⓘ
Adamawa State → hasBorderState → Borno State ⓘ
Islamic State – West Africa Province → areaOfActivity → Borno State ⓘ
Kukawa → locatedIn → Borno State ⓘ
Ngazargamu → locatedInPresentDay → Borno State ⓘ
Kanuri people → concentratedIn → Borno State ⓘ
Tera → region → Borno State ⓘ
Tera → hasNativeSpeakersIn → Borno State ⓘ
Duwai → region → Borno State ⓘ
Bura-Pabir → isSpokenInState → Borno State ⓘ
Bornu → modernSuccessorRegion → Borno State ⓘ
Shehu of Borno → subnationalUnit → Borno State ⓘ
Boko Haram → operationalBase → Borno State ⓘ
Civilian Joint Task Force → areaOfOperation → Borno State ⓘ
Civilian Joint Task Force → recognizedBy → Borno State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Borno State Government
Civilian Joint Task Force → receivesSupportFrom → Borno State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Borno State Government
Baga massacre → state → Borno State ⓘ
Bama massacre → location → Borno State ⓘ
Sharia Courts → presentIn → Borno State ⓘ
subject surface form: Sharia Courts (Nigeria)
Maiduguri International Airport → locatedIn → Borno State ⓘ
University of Maiduguri → locatedIn → Borno State ⓘ
University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital → locatedIn → Borno State ⓘ
University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital → regionServed → Borno State ⓘ
Nigerian Army University Biu (nearby influence) → locatedInAdministrativeTerritory → Borno State ⓘ
subject surface form: Nigerian Army University Biu
Biu → locatedIn → Borno State ⓘ
Biu → subdivisionOf → Borno State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Borno State, Nigeria
Monguno → locatedIn → Borno State ⓘ
Monguno → administrativeDivisionOf → Borno State ⓘ
Maiduguri Metropolitan Council → locatedIn → Borno State ⓘ
Maiduguri Metropolitan Council → stateCapitalOf → Borno State ⓘ
Maiduguri Metropolitan Council → hasHigherAuthority → Borno State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Borno State Government
Borno Emirate → locatedIn → Borno State ⓘ
Borno Emirate → recognizedBy → Borno State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Borno State Government
Gombe State → bordersState → Borno State ⓘ
Yobe River → locatedInState → Borno State ⓘ
North-Eastern State → dividedInto → Borno State ⓘ
North-Eastern State → successor → Borno State ⓘ
Margi → region → Borno State ⓘ
Longuda → state → Borno State ⓘ
Babur/Bura people → state → Borno State ⓘ
Borno State House of Assembly → locatedIn → Borno State ⓘ
Borno State House of Assembly → jurisdiction → Borno State ⓘ
Borno State House of Assembly → governs → Borno State ⓘ