Borgoe
Sign in to saveBorgu is a region and former country split between north-west Nigeria and the northern Republic of Benin. It was partitioned between Great Britain and France by the Anglo-French Convention of 1898. People of Borgu are known as Bariba or Borgawa.
Key facts
- Former country.native_name
- Borgu
- Former country.government_type
- Confederation
- Former country.year_start
- 15th century
- Former country.event_end
- Anglo-French Convention of 1898
- Former country.date_end
- 14 June 1898
- Former country.s1
- Northern Nigeria Protectorate
- Former country.flag_s1
- Flag of the Northern Nigeria Protectorate (1900–1914).svg
- Former country.s2
- French Dahomey
- Former country.image_map
- Image:Borgu.jpeg
- Former country.image_map_size
- 240
- Former country.image_map_caption
- Borguland
- Former country.capital
- Bussa (traditional) Nikki (political)
- Former country.currency
- Mithqal
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Wikidata facts
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- Commons category
- Borgu
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- different from
- Borgu
- language used
- Hausa
Sources (2)
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Article · Nederlands
Borgoe was een staat in het huidige noorden van Benin en westen van Nigeria. Het grondgebied strekte zich ongeveer uit van de rivieren de Niger en de Moshi in het oosten tot aan de Atacorabergketen in het westen. Het was een confederatie, die heeft bestaan van de 12e eeuw tot de opdeling van het land door Frankrijk en Groot-Brittannië in 1898.
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