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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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
- 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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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.
On the map
3 mapped locations