Bichi
Bichi is a town, emirate and Local Government Area in Kano State, Nigeria. Its located on the A9 highway northwest of Kano. Bichi was founded by Danejawa the white herders under the leadership of Ardo buba the grandfather of Malam Danzabuwa.
- Type: Town with 278,000 residents
- Description: local government area in Nigeria
- Also known as: “Bichi Local Government Area” and “Zango Bichi”
Bichi
- Categories: local government area of Nigeria and locality
- Location: Kano State, North West Nigeria, Nigeria, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
12.2334° or 12° 14′ 0″ north
Longitude
8.2403° or 8° 14′ 25″ east
Population
278,000
Elevation
511 metres (1,677 feet)
Open location code
7F4C66MR+94
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Bole to Yoruba—“Bichi” goes by many names.
- Bole: “Bichi”
- Cebuano: “Bichi”
- Chinese: “Bichi”
- French: “Bichi”
- Fulah: “Bichi”
- Hausa: “Bichi”
- Hausa: “Bici”
- Igbo: “Bichi”
- Italian: “Bichi”
- Karekare: “Bichi”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Bichi”
- Nigerian Pidgin: “Bichi”
- Portuguese: “Bichi”
- Spanish: “Bichi”
- Yoruba: “Agbegbe Ijoba Ibile Bichi”
- Yoruba: “Agbègbè Ìjọba Ìbílẹ̀ Bichi”
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