Zungeru
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Place details
- Locality
- Zungeru
- Region
- Niger
- Country
- Nigeria
- Population
- 24,447
- Timezone
- Africa/Lagos
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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
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Wikidata facts
- Elevation
- 149
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- Zungeru
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9 sectionsContents
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- Demographics
- Geography and climate
- Transport
- Notable people from Zungeru
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- 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.
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