Bunkure
Bunkure is a town and Local Government Area in Kano State, Nigeria. It has an area of 487 km2 and a population of 170,891 at the 2006 census. The postal code of the area is 710.Bunkure
- Type: local government area of Nigeria with 174,000 residents
- Description: local government area in Nigeria
- Location: Kano State, North West Nigeria, Nigeria, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
11.6672° or 11° 40′ 2″ north
Longitude
8.5969° or 8° 35′ 49″ east
Population
174,000
Elevation
453 metres (1,486 feet)
Open location code
7F3CMH8W+VP
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yoruba—“Bunkure” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بنكورة”
- Arabic: “بُنْكُورَة”
- Cebuano: “Bunkure (distrito)”
- Cebuano: “Bunkure”
- Chinese: “Bunkure”
- French: “Bunkure”
- Fulah: “Bunkuure”
- German: “Bunkure”
- Hausa: “BKR”
- Hausa: “Bunkure”
- Igbo: “Bunkure”
- Italian: “Bunkure”
- Karekare: “Bunkure”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Bunkure”
- Ottoman Turkish (1500-1928): “بنكوره”
- Spanish: “Bunkure”
- Yoruba: “Agbegbe Ijoba Ibile Bunkure”
- Yoruba: “Agbègbè Ìjọba Ìbílẹ̀ Bunkure”
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