Tegina
Tegina is a town in Rafi LGA, Niger State, Nigeria. Various Kainji languages are spoken in and around Tegina. In 2021 a mass kidnapping of children by gunmen occurred at the end of May, at least 150 students went missing.Tegina
- Type: Town with 24,000 residents
- Description: town in Niger State, Nigeria
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Rafi, Niger State, North Central Nigeria, Nigeria, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
10.06742° or 10° 4′ 3″ north
Longitude
6.18509° or 6° 11′ 6″ east
Population
24,000
Elevation
270 metres (886 feet)
Open location code
7F28358P+X2
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OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Tegina” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Tegina”
- Hausa: “Tegina”
- Turkish: “Tegina”
- “Tegina”
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