Kainji Lake
Kainji Lake, in North Central Nigeria, is a reservoir on the Niger River, formed by the Kainji Dam. It was formed in 1968 and is a part of Niger State and Kebbi State. Kainji Lake National Park, situated around the lake, is Nigeria's oldest National Park, established in 1976.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Sani Ahmad Usman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: F klaz, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Reservoir
- Description: reservoir in Nigeria
- Also known as: “Kainji Reservoir” and “Water source”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kainji National Park.
Kainji National Park
Photo: F klaz, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kainji National Park is one of the largest parks in Nigeria, sprawling across over 5,000 km2. The recreation centre incorporates three unmistakable areas: a piece of Kainji Lake where fishing is limited, the Borgu Game Reserve toward the west of the lake, and the Zugurma Game Reserve toward the southeast.
Kainji Lake
- Categories: lake and body of water
- Location: Nigeria, West Africa, Africa
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Kainji Lake” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بحيرة كاينجي”
- Catalan: “llac Kainji”
- Catalan: “Llac Kainji”
- Chinese: “卡因吉壩”
- Chinese: “卡因吉大坝”
- Chinese: “卡因吉大壩”
- Danish: “Kainji”
- Dutch: “Kainji Lake”
- Esperanto: “Kainji”
- French: “Barrage du Kainji”
- French: “lac Kainji”
- French: “Lac Kainji”
- Georgian: “კაინჯი”
- German: “Kainji-Stausee”
- German: “Kainjistausee”
- Hausa: “Tafkin Kainji”
- Hausa: “Tushen ruwa”
- Igala: “Kainji Lake”
- Igbo: “Isi mmiri”
- Igbo: “Kainji Lake”
- Indonesian: “Danau Kainji”
- Italian: “lago Kainji”
- Italian: “Lago Kainji”
- Japanese: “カインジ湖”
- Lithuanian: “Kaindžio tvenkinys”
- Nigerian Pidgin: “Kainji Lake”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kainji-demningen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kainjidemningen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kainji”
- Polish: “Kaindżi”
- Polish: “Kainji”
- Portuguese: “Lago Cainji”
- Portuguese: “Lago Kainji”
- Russian: “Каинджи”
- Spanish: “Lago Kainji”
- Swedish: “Kainji”
- Ukrainian: “Каїнджі”
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