Yobe State

E69151
state in Nigeria

Yobe State is a largely arid, agriculture- and livestock-based state in northeastern Nigeria, known for its Sahelian environment and proximity to the borders with Niger and other northeastern states.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Yobe State canonical 19
Yobe State Government 2

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf state in Nigeria ⓘ
agriculturalProduct cowpea ⓘ
millet ⓘ
sorghum ⓘ
bordersWith Bauchi State ⓘ
Borno State ⓘ
Gombe State ⓘ
Jigawa State ⓘ
Republic of Niger ⓘ
surface form: Niger (country)
capital Damaturu ⓘ
climate semi-arid ⓘ
commonLanguage Hausa ⓘ
Kanuri ⓘ
country Nigeria ⓘ
createdFrom Borno State ⓘ
createdOn 1991-08-27 ⓘ
dominantEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
livestock rearing ⓘ
geographicalRegion Sahel ⓘ
hasAirport Potiskum Airstrip ⓘ
hasLocalGovernmentArea Bade ⓘ
Damaturu ⓘ
Fika ⓘ
Fune ⓘ
Gashua ⓘ
Geidam ⓘ
Gujba ⓘ
Gulani ⓘ
Jakusko ⓘ
Karasuwa ⓘ
Machina ⓘ
Nangere ⓘ
Nguru ⓘ
Potiskum ⓘ
Tarmuwa ⓘ
Yunusari ⓘ
Yunusari ⓘ
surface form: Yusufari
hasLocalGovernmentAreas 17 ⓘ
hasRiver Yobe River ⓘ
surface form: Komadugu Yobe River
hasUniversity Yobe State University ⓘ
isoCode NG-YO ⓘ
knownFor Sahelian environment ⓘ
largestCity Potiskum ⓘ
livestockType cattle ⓘ
goats ⓘ
sheep ⓘ
locatedIn North East Nigeria ⓘ
surface form: Northeastern Nigeria
officialLanguage English ⓘ
region North East Nigeria ⓘ
surface form: North East geopolitical zone of Nigeria
religionMajority Islam ⓘ
timeZone West Africa Time (WAT) ⓘ
surface form: West Africa Time
utcOffset +1 ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

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

Northern Nigeria → hasState → Yobe State ⓘ
Boko Haram insurgency → location → Yobe State ⓘ
North East Nigeria → comprisesAdministrativeDivision → Yobe State ⓘ
Borno State → bordersState → Yobe State ⓘ
Jigawa State → bordersWith → Yobe State ⓘ
Bauchi State → borderedBy → Yobe State ⓘ
Islamic State – West Africa Province → areaOfActivity → Yobe State ⓘ
Kanuri people → concentratedIn → Yobe State ⓘ
Ngizim → spokenIn → Yobe State ⓘ
Bade → region → Yobe State ⓘ
Bole → region → Yobe State ⓘ
Karekare → region → Yobe State ⓘ
Ngamo → region → Yobe State ⓘ
Civilian Joint Task Force → areaOfOperation → Yobe State ⓘ
Dapchi schoolgirls kidnapping → location → Yobe State ⓘ
Sharia Courts → presentIn → Yobe State ⓘ
subject surface form: Sharia Courts (Nigeria)
Damaturu → locatedIn → Yobe State ⓘ
Damaturu → capitalOf → Yobe State ⓘ
Damaturu → administrativeCenterOf → Yobe State ⓘ
Nangere → isGovernedUnder → Yobe State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yobe State Government
Yobe State University → governedBy → Yobe State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yobe State Government