Dakwa
Dakwa is a locality in Municipal Area Council, Federal Capital Territory. Dakwa is situated nearby to the locality Gwari, as well as near Madalla.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Zuma Rock.
Zuma Rock
Cliff
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Zuma Rock is a large natural monolith, or inselberg, an igneous intrusion composed of gabbro and granodiorite and of Precambrian age, located in Madalla, a town in Niger State, Nigeria.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Madalla and Suleja.
Madalla
Town
Madalla is a town in Nigeria near the capital Abuja. It is in between Suleja and Abuja and mostly referred to as Abuja. Madalla has some areas of attention like the surrounding rocky hills and mountains all over the town. Madalla is situated 3 km southwest of Dakwa.
Suleja
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Suleja is a city in Niger State, Nigeria, just north of Abuja, capital of the country. It is sometimes confused with the nearby city of Abuja, due to its proximity and the fact that it was originally named Abuja before the Nigerian government adopted the name from the then Emir Sulayman Bal for its new federal capital in 1976.
Dakwa
- Type: Locality
- Location: Municipal Area Council, Federal Capital Territory, North Central Nigeria, Nigeria, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
9.11288° or 9° 6′ 46″ northLongitude
7.23439° or 7° 14′ 4″ eastElevation
399 metres (1,309 feet)Open location code
6FX9467M+5QGeoNames ID
2345624
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