Bukuru
Bukuru is a very old city near Jos in Plateau State in North Central Nigeria. It was one of the first built in Nigeria during colonial rule. Jos has always been the home of many cultures.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Macocobovi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bukuru
- Type: Village with 15,500 residents
- Description: city in Plateau State, Nigeria
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Jos South, Plateau State, North Central Nigeria, Nigeria, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
9.7999° or 9° 47′ 60″ northLongitude
8.8667° or 8° 52′ eastPopulation
15,500Elevation
1,277 metres (4,190 feet)Open location code
6FXCQVX8+XMOpenStreetMap ID
node 501508922OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2346561Wikidata ID
Q4987153
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Yoruba—“Bukuru” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Bukuru”
- Dutch: “Bukuru”
- Igbo: “Bukuru”
- Irish: “Bukuru”
- Polish: “Bukuru”
- Tyap: “Bukuru”
- Tyap: “Bukuu”
- Yoruba: “Bukuru”
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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 “Bukuru”. Photo: Macocobovi, CC BY-SA 3.0.