Adamawa State
Adamawa State is a state in North East Nigeria along the country's eastern border with Cameroon. The state is mainly composed of the highlands of mountains and the Adamawa Plateau crossed by valleys and rivers, most notably the Benue and Gongola rivers.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Yola and Jimeta.
Yola
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Yola is the capital of Adamawa State, North East Nigeria. With a population of 337,000 in 2010, it is the largest city in Adamawa State. It is also the seat of the traditional Adamawa emirate.
Jimeta
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Jimeta is a large town in Adamawa State of Northeastern Nigeria. It is very close to the state capital, Yola, so much that both towns form a shared metropolis.
Mubi
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Mubi is a town in Northern Senatorial District of Adamawa State, northeast Nigeria. It is subdivided into two Mubi north and Mubi south.
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Numan
Numan is a city in Adamawa State in North East Nigeria. It is a port city at the confluence of the Benue and Gongora rivers.Girei
Girei is a town and local government area of Adamawa State, Nigeria. It lies on the Benue River. The dominant tribe in the area are the Fulɓe or Fulani; however, a substantial number of Bwatiye also dwell in villages such as Greng, Notable, and Labondo within the Girei local government area.Adamawa State
- Type: state of Nigeria with 4,900,000 residents
- Description: state in Nigeria
- Also known as: “Adamawa”, “Borno”, and “Ngwa, Hawul LGA”
- Neighbors: Borno State, Gombe State, and Taraba State
- Location: North East Nigeria, Nigeria, West Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yoruba—“Adamawa State” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “آدماوة”
- Arabic: “آدماوه”
- Arabic: “ولاية آداماوة”
- Arabic: “ولاية آدماوة”
- Azerbaijani: “Adamava ştatı”
- Bengali: “আডামাওয়া অঙ্গরাজ্য”
- Bulgarian: “Адамауа”
- Catalan: “Adamaua”
- Catalan: “Adamawa”
- Catalan: “Estat d’Adamawa”
- Cebuano: “Adamawa State”
- Cebuano: “Adamawa”
- Central Kanuri: “Adamawa”
- Chinese: “Adamawa Chiu”
- Chinese: “阿达马瓦”
- Chinese: “阿达马瓦州”
- Chinese: “阿達馬瓦”
- Czech: “Adamawa (stát)”
- Czech: “Adamawa”
- Danish: “Adamawa”
- Dutch: “Adamawa”
- Esperanto: “Adamava Ŝtato”
- Esperanto: “Adamava”
- Esperanto: “subŝtato Adamava”
- Estonian: “Adamawa osariik”
- Finnish: “Adamawa”
- French: “Adamawa”
- French: “Etat d’Adamawa”
- French: “État d’Adamawa”
- Fulah: “Adamawa”
- Fulah: “Diiwal Aadamaawa”
- Galician: “Adamawa, Nixeria”
- Galician: “Adamawa”
- Georgian: “ადამავის შტატი”
- German: “Adamawa”
- German: “NG-AD”
- Greek: “Ανταμάβα”
- Gujarati: “અદામાવા સ્ટેટ”
- Hausa: “Adamawa”
- Hausa: “Gongola”
- Hausa: “Jihar Adamawa”
- Hebrew: “אדמאווה”
- Hindi: “अदामावा राज्य”
- Igbo: “Adamawa Steeti”
- Igbo: “Adamawa”
- Igbo: “Gongola”
- Igbo: “Ȯra Adamawa”
- Indonesian: “Adamawa”
- Italian: “Adamawa”
- Japanese: “アダマワ州”
- Kannada: “ಆದಾಮಾ ರಾಜ್ಯ”
- Korean: “아다마와주”
- Kurdish: “Adamawa”
- Latvian: “Adamava”
- Latvian: “Adamavas štats”
- Lithuanian: “Adamava”
- Malay: “Adamawa State”
- Marathi: “आदामावा राज्य”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Adamawa Chiu”
- Nigerian Pidgin: “Adamawa state”
- Nigerian Pidgin: “Adamawa State”
- Nigerian Pidgin: “Adamawa”
- Nigerian Pidgin: “Gongola”
- Northern Frisian: “Adamawa (Bundesstoot)”
- Northern Frisian: “Adamawa”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Adamawa”
- Norwegian: “Adamawa”
- Nupe-Nupe-Tako: “Adamawa State”
- Obolo: “Adamawa”
- Persian: “اراضی اداماوا”
- Persian: “ایالت اداماوا”
- Polish: “Adamawa”
- Portuguese: “Adamaua”
- Portuguese: “Adamawa”
- Portuguese: “Estado de Adamawa”
- Romanian: “Statul Adamawa”
- Russian: “Адамава”
- Serbian: “Адамава”
- Sindhi: “اداماوا رياست”
- Sinhala: “අඩමාවා ප්රාන්තය”
- Slovenian: “Adamawa”
- Slovenian: “Andamawa State”
- Slovenian: “NG-AD”
- South Azerbaijani: “اداماوا ایالتی”
- Spanish: “Adamawa”
- Spanish: “Estado de Adamawa”
- Swahili: “Adamawa State”
- Swahili: “Adamawa”
- Swedish: “Adamaua”
- Swedish: “Adamawa”
- Tamil: “அடமவா மாநிலம்”
- Telugu: “ఆడమావా రాష్ట్రం”
- Telugu: “ఆడమావా స్టేట్”
- Thai: “Adamawa State”
- Thai: “รัฐอาดามาวา”
- Tumbuka: “Adamawa State, Nigeria”
- Turkish: “Adamawa Eyaleti”
- Turkish: “Adamawa”
- Tyap: “Si̱tet A̱da̱mawa”
- Ukrainian: “Адамава”
- Urdu: “اداماوا اسٹیٹ”
- Urdu: “اداماوا ریاست”
- Vietnamese: “Bang Adamawa”
- Waray (Philippines): “Adamawa (estado)”
- Waray (Philippines): “Adamawa”
- Western Mari: “Адамава”
- Wu Chinese: “阿达马瓦州”
- Yoruba: “Adamawa State”
- Yoruba: “Ipinle Adamawa”
- Yoruba: “Ìpínlẹ̀ Adamawa”
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