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North-Western State

former state of Nigeria
AdministrativeArea state_of_nigeria Q10337430
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Summary

North-Western State is a state of Nigeria[1]. It draws 74 Wikipedia views per month (state of nigeria category, ranking #35 of 43).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Nigeria[3]
  • Instance of: former administrative territorial entity[4]
  • Capital: Sokoto[5]
  • Inception: May 27, 1967[6]
  • Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: February 3, 1976[7]
  • Coordinate location: 13.066667, 5.233333[8]
  • Replaces: Northern Region[9]
  • Replaced by: Niger State[10], Sokoto State[11]

Why It Matters

North-Western State is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

Related Entities

Minna Nigeria

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 23d ago · Infovarius · 2026-09-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → state of Nigeria, former administrative territorial entity
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Instance of: former administrative territorial entity"
  2. 4w ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-09-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Replaced by → —
    Replaces → Northern Region
    Coordinates → —
    Capital → Sokoto
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||fr, ru */ import labels from sitelinks; cleanup"
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