Birniwa
Birniwa is a town and Local Government Area of Jigawa State, Nigeria. It has an area of 1,567 km2 and a population of 142,329 at the 2006 census. The postal code of the area is 731.
- Type: Locality with 9,330 residents
- Description: local government area in Nigeria
- Also known as: “Birinawa” and “Biriniwa”
Birniwa
- Categories: local government area of Nigeria and geographical feature
- Location: Birniwa, Biriniwa, Jigawa State, North West Nigeria, Nigeria, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
12.7907° or 12° 47′ 27″ north
Longitude
10.23614° or 10° 14′ 10″ east
Population
9,330
Elevation
353 metres (1,158 feet)
Open location code
7F4GQ6RP+7F
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Yoruba—“Birniwa” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Biriniwa (distrito sa Nigeria)”
- Cebuano: “Biriniwa”
- Chinese: “Biriniwa”
- French: “Biriniwa”
- Fulah: “Birniwa”
- Hausa: “Biriniwa”
- Hausa: “Birniwa”
- Igbo: “Birniwa”
- Italian: “Biriniwa”
- Japanese: “ビリニワ”
- Karekare: “Biriniwa”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Biriniwa”
- Spanish: “Biriniwa”
- Yoruba: “Agbegbe Ijoba Ibile Biriniwa”
- Yoruba: “Agbègbè Ìjọba Ìbílẹ̀ Biriniwa”
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