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Shendam

LGA and town in Plateau State, Nigeria
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Shendam

Summary

Shendam is a local government area of Nigeria[1]. Shendam ranks in the top 7% of local_government_area_of_nigeria entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (52 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Shendam is located in Plateau State[3].
  • Shendam is in the country of Nigeria[4].
  • Shendam is on the continent of Africa[5].
  • Shendam's instance of is recorded as local government area of Nigeria[6].
  • Shendam's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00[7].
  • Shendam's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 8.71667, 'lon': 9.5}[8].
  • Shendam has a population of {'amount': '+217405'}[9].
  • Shendam has a population of {'amount': '+205119'}[10].
  • Shendam's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as Hausa[11].
  • Shendam covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+2477'}[12].

Body

Geography

Shendam is in the country of Nigeria[4]. Shendam is located in Plateau State[3]. Shendam is on the continent of Africa[5].

Physical Characteristics

Shendam covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+2477'}[12]. Population counts include {'amount': '+217405'}[9] and {'amount': '+205119'}[10].

Designation and Status

Shendam's instance of is recorded as local government area of Nigeria[6].

Why It Matters

Shendam ranks in the top 7% of local_government_area_of_nigeria entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (52 views/month).[2] Shendam has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13]

Related Entities

Nigeria

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . nigerianstat.gov.ng. Retrieved . nigerianstat.gov.ng. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . nigerianstat.gov.ng. Retrieved . nigerianstat.gov.ng. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 20h ago · Shem.iz · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 8.71667, 'lon': 9.5}
    Population → {'amount': '+217405'}, {'amount': '+205119'}
    Instance of → —
    Instance of → local government area of Nigeria
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||ml */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/32649|batch #32649]]: nig-dml-f3"
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