Nigeria
South South Nigeria
Cross River State

Yala

Yala is a Local Government Area in , . Its headquarters is in the town of Okpoma in the east of the area at. It has an area of 1,739 km2 and a population of 210,843 at the 2006 census.
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  • Type: local government area of Nigeria with 211,000 residents
  • Description: local government area in Nigeria
  • Also known as: “Yala Local Government Area” and “Yala, Nigeria”

Yala

Latitude
6.654° or 6° 39′ 14″ north
Longitude
8.5494° or 8° 32′ 58″ east
Population
211,000
Elevation
64 metres (210 feet)
Open location code
6FRCMG3X+HQ
Geo­Names ID
8638513
Wiki­data ID
Q8047286
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Yoruba—“Yala” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Yala (distrito)”
  • Cebuano: “Yala”
  • Chinese: “Yala”
  • French: “Yala”
  • Hausa: “Yala”
  • Igbo: “Yala”
  • Italian: “Yala”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Yala”
  • Spanish: “Yala”
  • Urdu: “یالا، نائجیریا”
  • Yoruba: “Agbegbe Ijoba Ibile Yala”
  • Yoruba: “Agbègbè Ìjọba Ìbílẹ̀ Yala”

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