Bagwai
Bagwai is a town and Local Government Area in Kano State, northern Nigeria. It lies along the shores of the Bagwai Dam and serves as a peaceful gateway to rural Hausa life.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Abubakar A Gwanki, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Abubakar A Gwanki, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: local government area of Nigeria with 162,000 residents
- Description: local government area in Nigeria
- Also known as: “Bagwai Local Government Area”
Bagwai
- Location: Kano State, North West Nigeria, Nigeria, West Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yoruba—“Bagwai” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بغوي”
- Cebuano: “Bagwai (distrito)”
- Cebuano: “Bagwai”
- Chinese: “Bagwai”
- French: “Bagwai”
- Fulah: “Ɓagwai”
- Hausa: “Ɓagwai”
- Igbo: “Bagwai”
- Italian: “Bagwai”
- Japanese: “バグワイ”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Bagwai”
- Portuguese: “Baguai”
- Portuguese: “Bagwai”
- Spanish: “Bagwai”
- Yoruba: “Agbegbe Ijoba Ibile Bagwai”
- Yoruba: “Agbègbè Ìjọba Ìbílẹ̀ Bagwai”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Bagwai”. Photo: Abubakar A Gwanki, CC BY-SA 4.0.