Mokwa
Mokwa is a town and Local Government Area and market town in Niger State, Nigeria. The town had an estimated population of 416,600 in 2022. The long southern border of the LGA is formed by the Niger River from Lake Jebba in the west beyond the confluence of the Kaduna River in the east. Kwara State and Kogi State are across the Niger from the LGA.Mokwa
- Type: local government area of Nigeria with 245,000 residents
- Description: local government area in Niger state,Nigeria
- Location: Niger State, North Central Nigeria, Nigeria, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
9.2° or 9° 12′ north
Longitude
5.3333° or 5° 20′ east
Population
245,000
Elevation
146 metres (479 feet)
Open location code
6FX7682M+28
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Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Yoruba—“Mokwa” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Mokwa (distrito)”
- Cebuano: “Mokwa”
- Chinese: “莫夸”
- French: “Mokwa”
- German: “Mokwa”
- Greek: “Μόκουα”
- Gun: “Mokwa”
- Hausa: “Mokwa”
- Igbo: “Mokwa”
- Indonesian: “Mokwa”
- Italian: “Mokwa”
- Karekare: “Mokwa”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Mokwa”
- Nigerian Pidgin: “Mokwa”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Mokwa”
- Norwegian: “Mokwa”
- Nupe-Nupe-Tako: “Mokwa”
- Spanish: “Mokwa”
- Yoruba: “Agbègbè Ìjọba Ìbílẹ̀ Mokwa”
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