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Jimeta
EntityQ1689268· pop 23· linked from 86 articles

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.

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The entry is geolocated on the map in city, across 3 mapped points.

Within Vinony's link graph, Jimeta is referenced by 86 other articles, and connects out to Adamawa State, Yola and Nigeria.

Vinony files it under Benue River, Populated places in Adamawa State and Use Nigerian English from January 2023.

Its subject is documented across 24 Wikipedia language editions.

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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
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JMT
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300px
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Nigeria
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bottom
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location in Yola Nigeria
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Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
25px Nigeria
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State
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Adamawa State
Settlement.leader_title1
Admiral Murtala Nyako
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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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Encyclopedic overview

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  • 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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