Lau
Lau is a town and Local Government Area in Taraba State, Nigeria. The area is dominated by Hausa Fulani people and has a border with Ardo Kola, Jalingo, Yorro and Zing local governments of Taraba state. It also shares a border with Numan, Adamawa State.- Type: local government area of Nigeria with 95,200 residents
- Description: local government area in Nigeria
- Also known as: “Lau Local Government Area” and “Lau, Nigeria”
Lau
Latitude
9.187° or 9° 11′ 13″ north
Longitude
11.4201° or 11° 25′ 12″ east
Population
95,200
Elevation
177 metres (581 feet)
Open location code
6FXH5CPC+R2
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Yoruba—“Lau” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Lau (distrito)”
- Cebuano: “Lau”
- Chinese: “Lau”
- French: “Lau”
- Fulah: “Law”
- Galician: “Lau, Nixeria”
- Galician: “Lau”
- German: “Lau”
- Hausa: “Lau”
- Igbo: “Lau, Naịjirịa”
- Italian: “Lau”
- Karekare: “Lau, Lanjèeriya”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Lau”
- Spanish: “Lau”
- Urdu: “لو، نائجریا”
- Yoruba: “Agbègbè Ìjọba Ìbílẹ̀ Lau”
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