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.
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″ north
Longitude
8.8667° or 8° 52′ east
Population
15,500
Elevation
1,277 metres (4,190 feet)
Open location code
6FXCQVX8+XM
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Yoruba—“Bukuru” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Bukuru”
- Dutch: “Bukuru”
- Hausa: “Bukuru”
- Igbo: “Bukuru”
- Irish: “Bukuru”
- Polish: “Bukuru”
- Turkish: “Bukuru”
- Tyap: “Bukuu”
- Yoruba: “Bukuru”
- “Bukuru”
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