Azare
Azare is a city in Bauchi State, Nigeria. It was founded by Mallam Zaki, who was appointed by Shehu Usman Dan Fodio in early 1814. Azare is the headquarters of Katagum LGA in Bauchi State.
Azare
- Type: Town with 110,000 residents
- Description: human settlement in Bauchi State, Nigeria
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Bakin Kasuwa, Katagum, Bauchi State, North East Nigeria, Nigeria, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
11.6729° or 11° 40′ 23″ north
Longitude
10.1918° or 10° 11′ 31″ east
Population
110,000
Elevation
413 metres (1,355 feet)
Open location code
7F3GM5FR+5P
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bole to Yoruba—“Azare” goes by many names.
- Bole: “Azare”
- Bulgarian: “Азаре”
- Cebuano: “Azare”
- Dutch: “Azare”
- German: “Azare”
- Hausa: “Azare”
- Igbo: “Azare”
- Irish: “Azare”
- Japanese: “アザレ”
- Lithuanian: “Azarė”
- Malagasy: “Azare”
- Nupe-Nupe-Tako: “Azare”
- Polish: “Azare”
- Portuguese: “Azare”
- Romanian: “Azare”
- Russian: “Азаре”
- Turkish: “Azare”
- Yoruba: “Azare”
- “Azare”
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