Gwoza
Sign in to saveGwoza is a local government area of Borno State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Gwoza, a border town "about 135 kilometres South-East of Maiduguri." The postal code of the area is 610.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Gwoza
- Settlement.settlement_type
- LGA and town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Muhammad Idris at Bama and Gwoza DURUMI IDP CAMP NIGERIA.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- An IDP Camp in Gwoza
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Nigeria
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Borno State
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 2,883
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2016
- Settlement.population_total
- 388 600
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- 134.8/km²
- Settlement.timezone
- WAT
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +1
- Settlement.mapframe
- yes
- Settlement.mapframe zoom
- 8
- Settlement.mapframe wikidata
- yes
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- History
- Towns
- Villages
- Climate
- See also
- References
Gwoza is a local government area of Borno State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Gwoza, a border town "about 135 kilometres South-East of Maiduguri." The postal code of the area is 610.
The terrain is rocky and hilly. The Gwoza Hills, with heights of about 1300m above sea level provides scenery and is made up of the Mandara Mountains, which form a natural barrier between Nigeria and Cameroon, starting from Pulka. They overlook the game reserves by meandering towards Mubi and beyond in Adamawa State.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gwoza” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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