Zungeru
Sign in to saveZungeru is a town in Niger State, Nigeria. It was the capital of the British protectorate of Northern Nigeria from 1902 until 1916. It is the site of the Niger State Polytechnic and is located on the Kaduna River.
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Place details
- Locality
- Zungeru
- Region
- Niger
- Country
- Nigeria
- Population
- 24,447
- Timezone
- Africa/Lagos
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Zungeru
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Nigeria
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Niger State
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- City Zungeru
- Settlement.unit_pref
- metric
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2006
- Settlement.population_total
- 24,447
- Settlement.timezone
- WAT
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +1
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 149
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Nigeria
- Located in
- Northern Region
- Continent
- Africa
- Elevation
- 149
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Capital of
- Northern Nigeria Protectorate
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- Commons category
- Zungeru
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Sources (1)
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- History
- Demographics
- Geography and climate
- Transport
- Notable people from Zungeru
- See also
- References
- External links
- Further reading
Zungeru is a town in Niger State, Nigeria. It was the capital of the British protectorate of Northern Nigeria from 1902 until 1916. It is the site of the Niger State Polytechnic and is located on the Kaduna River.
==History==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Zungeru” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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