Akwanga
Akwanga is a city and local government area in Nasarawa State of North Central Nigeria. It is home to the second indigenous private polytechnic in Northern Nigeria.
Akwanga
- Type: Town with 112,000 residents
- Description: LGA and town in Nasarawa State, Nigeria
- Categories: local government area of Nigeria and locality
- Location: Nasarawa State, North Central Nigeria, Nigeria, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
8.9113° or 8° 54′ 41″ north
Longitude
8.408° or 8° 24′ 29″ east
Population
112,000
Elevation
446 metres (1,463 feet)
Open location code
6FWCWC65+G6
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yoruba—“Akwanga” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أكوانغا”
- Cebuano: “Akwanga”
- Chinese: “Akwanga”
- French: “Akwanga”
- Hausa: “Akwanga”
- Igala: “Akwanga”
- Igbo: “Akwanga”
- Italian: “Akwanga”
- Karekare: “Akwanga”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Akwanga”
- Persian: “اکوانگا”
- Portuguese: “Acuanga”
- South Azerbaijani: “اکوانقا”
- Spanish: “Akwanga”
- Yoruba: “Agbegbe Ijoba Ibile Akwanga”
- Yoruba: “Agbègbè Ìjọba Ìbílẹ̀ Akwanga”
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