Bama

Bama is a town and a local government area in the central part of , . Bama has about 118,000 residents.
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  • Type: Town with 118,000 residents
  • Description: local government and city in Borno, Nigeria
  • Also known as: “Bama, Borno”, “Bama, Nigeria”, and “Kasugula Bama”

Bama

Latitude
11.5235° or 11° 31′ 24″ north
Longitude
13.6912° or 13° 41′ 28″ east
Population
118,000
Elevation
330 metres (1,083 feet)
Open location code
7F3MGMFR+9F
Open­Street­Map ID
node 501526319
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2347954
Wiki­data ID
Q3331583
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yoruba—“Bama” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “محافظة باما”
  • Catalan: “Bama”
  • Cebuano: “Bama (distrito)”
  • Cebuano: “Bama (kapital sa distrito)”
  • Cebuano: “Bama”
  • Central Kanuri: “Bama Nigeria”
  • Central Kanuri: “Bama”
  • Chinese: “Bama”
  • Chinese: “巴马”
  • Danish: “Bama”
  • French: “Bama”
  • Fulah: “Bama”
  • Galician: “Bama, Nixeria”
  • Galician: “Bama”
  • German: “Bama”
  • Hausa: “Bama, borno”
  • Hausa: “Bama”
  • Igbo: “Bama, Bọrnu”
  • Igbo: “Bama”
  • Italian: “Bama”
  • Karekare: “Bama, Nigeria”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Bama”
  • Nigerian Pidgin: “Bama”
  • Nigerian Pidgin: “Borno”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bama”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bama i Nigeria”
  • Norwegian: “Bama”
  • Polish: “Bama”
  • Portuguese: “Bama”
  • Russian: “Бама”
  • Spanish: “Bama”
  • Yoruba: “Bama, Nàìjíríà”
  • Yoruba: “Bama”

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