Takum
Takum is a town and Local Government Area of Taraba State, Nigeria. It was created out of Wukari local government in June 1976. Takum borders the Republic of Cameroon in the south, Ussa Local Government to the west, Donga Local Government to the north…- Type: Town with 135,000 residents
- Description: LGA and town in Taraba State, Nigeria
- Also known as: “Takum Local Government Area”
Takum
- Categories: local government area of Nigeria and locality
- Location: Taraba State, North East Nigeria, Nigeria, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
7.2549° or 7° 15′ 18″ north
Longitude
9.9853° or 9° 59′ 7″ east
Population
135,000
Elevation
196 metres (643 feet)
Open location code
6FVF7X3P+X4
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Yoruba—“Takum” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Takum (distrito)”
- Cebuano: “Takum”
- Chinese: “Takum”
- French: “Takum”
- Fulah: “Takum”
- German: “Takum”
- Hausa: “Takum”
- Igbo: “Takum”
- Italian: “Takum”
- Karekare: “Takum”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Takum”
- Spanish: “Takum”
- Tyap: “Takum”
- Yoruba: “Agbegbe Ijoba Ibile Takum”
- Yoruba: “Agbègbè Ìjọba Ìbílẹ̀ Takum”
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