Nigeria
North East Nigeria
Borno State

Shani

Shani is a Local Government Area of , . Its headquarters are in the town of Shani. It has an area of 1,262 square kilometres and a population of 102,317 as of the 2006 census.
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  • Type: County with 101,000 residents
  • Description: local government area of Borno, Nigeria
  • Also known as: “Shani Local Government Area” and “Shani, Nigeria”

Shani

Latitude
10.1512° or 10° 9′ 4″ north
Longitude
11.9797° or 11° 58′ 47″ east
Population
101,000
Elevation
258 metres (846 feet)
Open location code
7F2H5X2H+FV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2163861610
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
8659846
Wiki­data ID
Q7488621
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Yoruba—“Shani” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Shani (distrito)”
  • Cebuano: “Shani”
  • Chinese: “Shani”
  • French: “Shani”
  • Fulah: “Shani”
  • Hausa: “Shani”
  • Igbo: “Shani”
  • Italian: “Shani”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Shani”
  • Spanish: “Shani Local”
  • Spanish: “Shani”
  • Yoruba: “Agbegbe Ijoba Ibile Shani”
  • Yoruba: “Agbègbè Ìjọba Ìbílẹ̀ Shani”

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