Awka

Awka is the capital city of , . It is an important administrative and educational centre, with a significant student population due to institutions such as Nnamdi Azikiwe University.
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  • Type: City with 302,000 residents
  • Description: town in Awka-South Local Government Area, Anambra State, Nigeria
  • Also known as: “Akwa”

Awka

Latitude
6.2189° or 6° 13′ 8″ north
Longitude
7.0774° or 7° 4′ 39″ east
Population
302,000
Elevation
99 metres (325 feet)
Open location code
6FR9639G+HX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 501540935
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
2348773
Wiki­data ID
Q791766
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Yoruba—“Awka” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “አውካ”
  • Arabic: “أوكا”
  • Arabic: “اوكا”
  • Asturian: “Awka”
  • Azerbaijani: “Avka”
  • Bavarian: “Awka”
  • Bengali: “আওকা”
  • Catalan: “Awka”
  • Cebuano: “Awka (kapital sa estado sa Nigeria)”
  • Cebuano: “Awka”
  • Chinese: “奧卡”
  • Croatian: “Awka”
  • Dagbani: “Awka”
  • Danish: “Awka”
  • Dutch: “Awka”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اوكا”
  • Esperanto: “Awka”
  • Finnish: “Awka”
  • French: “Avka”
  • French: “Awka”
  • German: “Akwa-Ikom”
  • German: “Avka”
  • German: “Awka”
  • Greek: “Άβκα”
  • Gujarati: “આવકા”
  • Hausa: “Awka, Najeriya”
  • Hausa: “Awka”
  • Hindi: “अवका”
  • Hindi: “औका”
  • Igbo: “Óká”
  • Igbo: “Ọká”
  • Indonesian: “Awka”
  • Italian: “Awka”
  • Japanese: “アウカ”
  • Javanese: “Awka”
  • Kannada: “ಅವೇಕ”
  • Kazakh: “Авка”
  • Kirghiz: “Авка”
  • Korean: “아우카”
  • Latvian: “Avka”
  • Lithuanian: “Avka”
  • Lithuanian: “Awka”
  • Malagasy: “Awka”
  • Malay: “Awka”
  • Marathi: “अवका”
  • Nigerian Pidgin: “Awka”
  • Northern Frisian: “Awka”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Awka”
  • Norwegian: “Awka”
  • Oromo: “Awka”
  • Panjabi: “ਅਵਕਾ”
  • Persian: “اوکا”
  • Polish: “Awka”
  • Portuguese: “Avka”
  • Portuguese: “Awka (cidade)”
  • Portuguese: “Awka (Nigéria)”
  • Portuguese: “Awka”
  • Pushto: “اوکا”
  • Romanian: “Awka”
  • Russian: “Авка”
  • Sinhala: “අව්කා”
  • Somali: “Awka”
  • South Azerbaijani: “اوکا”
  • Spanish: “Avka”
  • Spanish: “Awka”
  • Swahili: “Awka”
  • Swedish: “Awka”
  • Tajik: “Авка”
  • Tamil: “அவ்க்கா”
  • Tatar: “Авка”
  • Telugu: “ఔకా”
  • Thai: “เอาคา”
  • Turkish: “Avka”
  • Turkish: “Awka”
  • Ukrainian: “Авка”
  • Urdu: “اوکا”
  • Uzbek: “Avka”
  • Vietnamese: “Awka”
  • Yoruba: “Awka”

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