Nigeria
North East Nigeria
Borno State

Biu

Biu is a local government area in southern , . It boasts a rich cultural heritage spanning over six centuries. Located approximately 200 km from , the state capital, Biu has evolved into a significant urban centre.
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  • Type: City with 95,000 residents
  • Description: Local government area in Borno state,Nigeria
  • Also known as: “Biu, Nigeria”

Biu

Latitude
10.6146° or 10° 36′ 53″ north
Longitude
12.191° or 12° 11′ 28″ east
Population
95,000
Elevation
762 metres (2,500 feet)
Open location code
7F2JJ57R+R9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 501493596
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
2346995
Wiki­data ID
Q2904965
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yoruba—“Biu” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بيو”
  • Bengali: “বিউ”
  • Catalan: “Biu”
  • Cebuano: “Biu (distrito)”
  • Cebuano: “Biu”
  • Chinese: “Biu”
  • Chinese: “比乌”
  • Danish: “Biu”
  • Dutch: “Biu”
  • Finnish: “Biu”
  • French: “Biu”
  • Fulah: “Biu”
  • Greek: “Μπίου”
  • Gujarati: “બિવ”
  • Hausa: “Biu”
  • Hausa: “LGA”
  • Hindi: “बीउ”
  • Igbo: “Biu, Nigeria”
  • Igbo: “Biu”
  • Indonesian: “Biu”
  • Italian: “Biu”
  • Japanese: “ビウ”
  • Kannada: “ಬಿಯು”
  • Korean: “비우”
  • Latvian: “Biju”
  • Lithuanian: “Biju”
  • Malay: “Biu”
  • Marathi: “बिऊ”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Biu”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Biu”
  • Polish: “Biu”
  • Portuguese: “Biu”
  • Russian: “Биу”
  • Sinhala: “බියු”
  • Slovak: “Biu”
  • Spanish: “Biu, Nigeria”
  • Spanish: “Biu”
  • Swedish: “Biu”
  • Tamil: “பியூ”
  • Telugu: “బీఉ”
  • Thai: “แบร์รา”
  • Turkish: “Biu”
  • Tyap: “Byu, Naijeriya”
  • Tyap: “Byu”
  • Ukrainian: “Бію”
  • Urdu: “بیو”
  • Vietnamese: “Biu”
  • Yoruba: “Agbègbè Ìjọba Ìbílẹ̀ Biu”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". 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 “Biu”. Photo: Zarerh, CC BY-SA 4.0.