Shiroro
Shiroro is a Local Government Area in Niger State, Nigeria. Its headquarters is in the town of Kuta. It has an area of 5,015 square kilometres and a population of 235,404 at the 2006 census. The postal code of the area is 921.Places of Interest
Highlights include Shiroro Hydroelectric Power Station.
Shiroro Hydroelectric Power Station
Industrial building
The Shiroro Power Station is a hydroelectric power plant of the Kaduna River in Niger State, Nigeria. It has a power generating capacity of 600 megawatts enough to power over 404,000 homes The Shiroro Power Station began operating in 1990.
Shiroro
- Type: Village with 236,000 residents
- Description: LGA in Niger State, Nigeria
- Categories: local government area of Nigeria and locality
- Location: Shiroro, Niger State, North Central Nigeria, Nigeria, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
9.95607° or 9° 57′ 22″ northLongitude
6.83326° or 6° 49′ 60″ eastPopulation
236,000Elevation
279 metres (915 feet)Open location code
6FX8XR4M+C8OpenStreetMap ID
node 501441530OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2323128Wikidata ID
Q7498951
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Yoruba—“Shiroro” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Shiroro”
- Chinese: “Shiroro”
- French: “Shiroro”
- German: “Shiroro”
- Gun: “Shiroro”
- Hausa: “Shiroro”
- Igbo: “Shiroro”
- Italian: “Shiroro”
- Japanese: “シロロ”
- Karekare: “Shiroro”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Shiroro”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Shiroro”
- Spanish: “Shiroro”
- Yoruba: “Agbegbe Ijoba Ibile Shiroro”
- Yoruba: “Agbègbè Ìjọba Ìbílẹ̀ Shiroro”
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