Borno State
Borno State is a state in North East Nigeria. It is the second-largest state in the area of the 36 states in the country, only behind Niger State which is the largest. In 2016, its population was estimated to be about 5.86 million.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Maiduguri and Chibok.
Maiduguri
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Maiduguri, also known locally as Yerwa, is a city of 800,000 people in Northeastern Nigeria. It is the capital of the Borno State. Since 2009, it has been the heart of the Boko Haram insurgency.
Chibok
Chibok is a local government area in Borno State, Nigeria. It is one of the sixteen LGAs that constitute the Borno Emirate.Biu
Biu is a local government area in southern Borno State, Nigeria. It boasts a rich cultural heritage spanning over six centuries. Located approximately 200 km from Maiduguri, the state capital, Biu has evolved into a significant urban centre.Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Dikwa and Chad Basin National Park.
Dikwa
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Dikwa is a local government area in eastern Borno State, Nigeria, roughly 90 km east of Maiduguri. It has an important Mosque.
Chad Basin National Park
Located in the northeastern part of Nigeria between Borno and Yobe States, Chad Basin National Park covers an area of 2258 km². The park is composed of three sectors that are spatially remote from one another.Askira-Uba
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Askira-Uba is a Local Government Area of Borno State, Nigeria, with its headquarters in the town of Askira. It covers an area of 2,362 km2 and had a population of 138,091 as of the 2006 census,…
Mafa
Mafa is a local government area in Borno State in North East Nigeria. It has a total population of 152,000 in 2022. Mafa is a rural town with a strong focus on agriculture and traditional practices.Jere
Jere is a local government area in Borno State, Nigeria, with its administrative center located in Khaddamari. It spans an area of 868 square kilometers and had a population of 211,204 according to the 2006 census.Gwoza
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Gwoza is a town in Borno State in northeastern Maiduguri in northeastern Nigeria near the border Cameroon.
Monguno
Monguno is a local government area in Borno State in North East Nigeria, not too far from the capital city Maiduguri. It's got a lot of history and culture, and the people there are known for growing some amazing crops.Photo: Mr. Snatch, CC0.
Borno State
- Type: state of Nigeria with 5,860,000 residents
- Description: state in Nigeria
- Also known as: “Borno”, “Bornu”, and “Home of peace”
- Neighbors: Adamawa State, Gombe State, and Yobe State
- Location: North East Nigeria, Nigeria, West Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yoruba—“Borno State” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “برنو”
- Arabic: “بورنو”
- Arabic: “ولاية برنو”
- Arabic: “ولاية بورنو”
- Arabic: “ولايه بورنو”
- Armenian: “Բորնո”
- Azerbaijani: “Borno ştatı”
- Azerbaijani: “Borno”
- Azerbaijani: “Bornu”
- Basque: “Borno”
- Bengali: “বর্নো অঙ্গরাজ্য”
- Bislama: “Borno State”
- Breton: “Borno”
- Breton: “Bornu”
- Bulgarian: “Борно”
- Catalan: “Borno”
- Catalan: “Bornu”
- Catalan: “estat de Borno”
- Catalan: “Estat de Borno”
- Cebuano: “Borno State”
- Cebuano: “Borno”
- Central Kanuri: “Borno”
- Chinese: “Borno Chiu”
- Chinese: “博尔诺州”
- Chinese: “博爾諾州”
- Chinese: “博爾諾省”
- Czech: “Borno”
- Danish: “Borno”
- Dimli (individual language): “Borno”
- Dimli (individual language): “Bornu”
- Dutch: “Borno”
- Esperanto: “Borno Ŝtato”
- Esperanto: “Borno”
- Esperanto: “subŝtato Borno”
- Estonian: “Borno osariik”
- Estonian: “Borno”
- Finnish: “Borno”
- French: “Borno”
- French: “Etat de Borno”
- French: “État de Borno”
- Fulah: “Diiwal Borno”
- Galician: “Estado de Borno”
- Georgian: “ბორნოს შტატი”
- German: “Borno”
- German: “Bornu”
- German: “NG-BO”
- Greek: “Πολιτεία Μπόρνο”
- Gujarati: “બોર્નો સ્ટેટ”
- Hausa: “Borno”
- Hausa: “Bornu”
- Hausa: “Jihar Borno”
- Hebrew: “בורנו”
- Hindi: “बोरनो राज्य”
- Igala: “Borno State”
- Igbo: “Bornu”
- Igbo: “Ȯra Borno”
- Indonesian: “Borno”
- Italian: “Borno”
- Japanese: “ボルノ州”
- Kannada: “ಬೊರ್ನೊ ರಾಜ್ಯ”
- Korean: “보르노주”
- Kurdish: “Borno”
- Latvian: “Borno štats”
- Latvian: “Borno”
- Lithuanian: “Borno valstija”
- Macedonian: “Борно”
- Malay: “Borno State”
- Marathi: “बोर्नो राज्य”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Borno Chiu”
- Nepali: “बोर्नो राज्य”
- Nigerian Pidgin: “Borno state”
- Nigerian Pidgin: “Borno State”
- Nigerian Pidgin: “Borno”
- Nigerian Pidgin: “Home of peace”
- Northern Frisian: “Borno (Bundesstoot)”
- Northern Frisian: “Borno”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Borno”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Borno”
- Norwegian: “Borno”
- Obolo: “Borno State”
- Obolo: “Borno”
- Obolo: “Bọrọnu”
- Persian: “ایالت بورنو”
- Polish: “Borno”
- Portuguese: “Borno”
- Portuguese: “Estado de Borno”
- Romanian: “Borno”
- Romanian: “Statul Borno”
- Russian: “Борно”
- Serbian: “Борно”
- Sindhi: “بورنو رياست”
- Sinhala: “බොර්නෝ රාජ්ය”
- Sinhala: “බෝර්නෝ ප්රාන්තය”
- Slovenian: “Borno”
- South Azerbaijani: “بورنو ایالتی”
- South Azerbaijani: “بورنو”
- Spanish: “Borno”
- Spanish: “Bornu”
- Spanish: “Estado de Borno”
- Swahili: “Borno State”
- Swahili: “Borno”
- Swedish: “Borno”
- Tamil: “போர்னோ மாநிலம்”
- Telugu: “బోర్నో రాష్ట్రం”
- Thai: “รัฐโบร์โน”
- Tumbuka: “Borno State, Nigeria”
- Turkish: “Borno Eyaleti”
- Turkish: “Borno”
- Tyap: “Si̱tet Ba̱ri̱no”
- Ukrainian: “Борно”
- Urdu: “بورنو اسٹیٹ”
- Urdu: “بورنو ریاست”
- Vietnamese: “Borno”
- Waray (Philippines): “Borno (estado)”
- Waray (Philippines): “Borno”
- Welsh: “Borno”
- Western Mari: “Борно”
- Yoruba: “Borno State”
- Yoruba: “Ipinle Borno”
- Yoruba: “Ìpínlẹ̀ Borno”
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