Nigeria
North West Nigeria
Kebbi State

Gwandu

Gwandu, also called Gando, is a local government area in , with its headquarters at Gwandu town. Established by the founder of the Kebbi Kingdom, Muhammadu Kanta, the settlement was used as royal farmland by the kingdom's rulers for centuries.
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  • Type: Village with 151,000 residents
  • Description: town and local government area in Nigeria
  • Also known as: “Gando”

Gwandu

Latitude
12.4989° or 12° 29′ 56″ north
Longitude
4.6409° or 4° 38′ 27″ east
Population
151,000
Elevation
278 metres (912 feet)
Open location code
7F46FJXR+H9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 501466875
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
7873919
Wiki­data ID
Q1337777
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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: “Gwandu”
  • Chinese: “关杜”
  • Chinese: “莞都”
  • Chinese: “關杜”
  • 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”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Gwandu”
  • Russian: “Гванду”
  • Spanish: “Gwandu”
  • Yoruba: “Agbègbè Ìjọba Ìbílẹ̀ Gwandu”

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