Jimeta
Sign in to saveJimeta is a town in Yola, Adamawa State, Nigeria. The town's population was 73,080 in 1991. The elevation of Jimeta is 135 m, and it lies along the Benue River.
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Place details
- Region
- Adamawa
- Country
- Nigeria
- Population
- 248,148
- Timezone
- Africa/Lagos
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Jimeta Yola
- Settlement.nickname
- JMT
- Settlement.imagesize
- 300px
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Nigeria
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Yola Nigeria
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- 25px Nigeria
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Adamawa State
- Settlement.leader_title1
- Admiral Murtala Nyako
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2006
- Settlement.population_blank1_title
- Ethnicities
- Settlement.population_blank2_title
- Religions
- Settlement.blank_name
- Climate
- Settlement.blank_info
- Aw
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Country
- Nigeria
- Located in
- Adamawa State
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
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Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- Climate
- Serious flooding in Jimeta, August, 2012
- References
Jimeta is a town in Yola, Adamawa State, Nigeria. The town's population was 73,080 in 1991. The elevation of Jimeta is 135 m, and it lies along the Benue River.
Jimeta and nearby Yola, the state capital of Adamawa have interconnected histories, and between 1935 and 1955, it were unified as one town. Jimeta also serves as Yola's port and it also contains Yola's airport. Some refer to the two as "Jimeta Yola."
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jimeta” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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