Gwandu
Gwandu, also called Gando, is a town and local government area in Kebbi State. Established by the founder of the Kebbi Kingdom, Muhammadu Kanta, the settlement was used as royal farmland by the kingdom's rulers for centuries.- Village with 151,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of 278 metres (912 feet)
- …is also known as “Gando”
- Description: town and local government area in Nigeria
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Latitude
12.4989° or 12° 29′ 56″ north
Longitude
4.6409° or 4° 38′ 27″ east
Open location code
7F46FJXR+H9
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yoruba—“Gwandu” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “غواندو”
- Catalan: “Emirat de Gwandu”
- Catalan: “Gwandu”
- Cebuano: “Gwandu (distrito)”
- Cebuano: “Gwandu”
- Chinese: “关杜”
- Chinese: “莞都”
- Chinese: “關杜”
- Croatian: “Gwandu”
- French: “Gwandu”
- German: “Emirat Gando”
- German: “Emirat Gandu”
- German: “Emirat Gwandu”
- German: “Igwandu”
- Hausa: “Gwandu”
- Hebrew: “גוואנדו”
- Igbo: “Gando”
- Igbo: “Gwandu”
- Indonesian: “Keamiran Gwandu”
- Italian: “Gwandu”
- Japanese: “グワンドゥ”
- Karekare: “Gwandu”
- Lithuanian: “Gvandu”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Gwandu”
- Russian: “Гванду”
- Spanish: “Gwandu”
- Urdu: “گواندو”
- Yoruba: “Agbègbè Ìjọba Ìbílẹ̀ Gwandu”
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