Maiduguri

capital and largest city of Borno State in Northeastern Nigeria
City city Q221436
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Maiduguri

Summary

Maiduguri is a city[1]. Maiduguri draws 197 Wikipedia views per month (city category, ranking #554 of 5,534).[2]

Key Facts

  • Maiduguri is located in Maiduguri[3].
  • Maiduguri is in the country of Nigeria[4].
  • Maiduguri's image is recorded as Maiduguri City Gate Borno State Nigeria.jpg[5].
  • Maiduguri's image is recorded as Abdl maleeq16.jpg[6].
  • Maiduguri's continent is recorded as Africa[7].
  • Maiduguri's instance of is recorded as city[8].
  • Maiduguri's instance of is recorded as big city[9].
  • Maiduguri's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 148934191[10].
  • Maiduguri's GND ID is recorded as 4318204-5[11].
  • Maiduguri's locator map image is recorded as Locator Map Maiduguri-Nigeria.png[12].
  • Maiduguri's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n81085347[13].
  • Maiduguri's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 144531411[14].
  • Maiduguri's IdRef ID is recorded as 099483246[15].
  • Maiduguri's postal code is recorded as https://www.google.com/search?q=postal+code+for+Maiduguri&oq=postal+code+for+Maiduguri+&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyCggAEEUYFhgeGDkyCAgBEAAYFhgeMggIAhAAGBYYHjIICAMQABgWGB4yCAgEEAAYFhgeMggIBRAAGBYYHjIICAYQABgWGB4yCAgHEAAYFhgeMggICBAAGBYYHjIICAkQABgWGB4yCAgKEAAYFhgeMggICxAAGBYYHjIICAwQABgWGB4yCAgNEAAYFhgeMggIDhAAGBYYHtIBCDIyODZqMGo3qAIUsAIB8QVHCkBA4VG7ww&client=ms-android-transsion-infinix-rev1&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8[16].
  • Maiduguri's Commons category is recorded as Maiduguri[17].
  • Maiduguri's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00[18].
  • +1909-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Maiduguri[19].
  • Maiduguri's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 11.833333333333, 'lon': 13.15}[20].
  • Maiduguri's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06plf6[21].
  • Maiduguri's official website is recorded as https://bornostate.gov.ng/[22].
  • Maiduguri's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Maiduguri[23].
  • Maiduguri's page banner is recorded as Maiduguri page banner.jpg[24].
  • Maiduguri's MusicBrainz area ID is recorded as c429514c-4b14-48c1-b0f7-f8790e6528a3[25].
  • Maiduguri's population is recorded as {'amount': '+1197497'}[26].
  • Maiduguri's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0039257[27].

Body

Geography

Maiduguri is in the country of Nigeria[4]. Maiduguri is located in Maiduguri[3]. Maiduguri's continent is recorded as Africa[7].

Physical Characteristics

Maiduguri's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+320'}[28]. Maiduguri's population is recorded as {'amount': '+1197497'}[26].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city[8] and big city[9].

History and Context

+1909-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Maiduguri[19].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Maiduguri include Maiduguri International Airport[29], an international airport[30], in Nigeria[31].

Why It Matters

Maiduguri draws 197 Wikipedia views per month (city category, ranking #554 of 5,534).[2] Maiduguri has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] Maiduguri is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

Entities named for Maiduguri include Maiduguri International Airport[29], an international airport[30], in Nigeria[31].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . nairaland.com. nairaland.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [3] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Q14005. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [29] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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