Kukawa
Kukawa is a town and Local Government Area in the northeastern Nigerian state of Borno, close to Lake Chad. Kukawa was originally founded as Kuka in the early 19th century by the military leader and religious scholar Muhammad al-Amin al-Kanemi.- Type: Town with 16,100 residents
- Description: local government area of Nigeria
- Also known as: “Kouka”, “Koukaoua”, “Koukawa”, “Kukaua”, “Kukawa (distrito)”, and “库卡瓦”
Kukawa
- Categories: local government area of Nigeria and locality
- Location: Guworam, Guzamala, Borno State, North East Nigeria, Nigeria, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
12.92475° or 12° 55′ 29″ north
Longitude
13.56617° or 13° 33′ 58″ east
Population
16,100
Elevation
291 metres (955 feet)
Open location code
7F4MWHF8+WF
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OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Kukawa” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كوكاوا”
- Catalan: “Kukawa”
- Cebuano: “Kukawa (kapital sa distrito)”
- Cebuano: “Kukawa”
- Central Kanuri: “Kukawa”
- Chinese: “庫卡瓦鎮”
- Dutch: “Kukawa”
- French: “Kukawa”
- Fulah: “Kukawa”
- German: “Kuka”
- Greek: “Κουκάβα”
- Hausa: “Kukawa”
- Igbo: “Kukawa”
- Italian: “Kukawa”
- Karekare: “Kukawa”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Kukawa”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kukawa”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kukawa”
- Norwegian: “Kukawa”
- Polish: “Kukawa”
- Spanish: “Kukawa”
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Highlights: General Hospital Kukawa.
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