Dukku
Dukku is a town and Local Government Area in Gombe State, Nigeria. The Gongola River flows through the west and north of the LGA. It has an area of 3,815 km2 and a population of 207,190 from the 2006 census.- Type: Town with 17,000 residents
- Description: local government area and town in Gombe State, Nigeria
- Also known as: “Dukku (distrito)”, “Dukku duk kudi duk mulki”, “Duku”, “Fulani town”, “Fulani tribe”, “Gari”, “Garin fulani”, “Karamar hukuma”, and “Town”
Dukku
- Categories: local government area of Nigeria, human settlement, and locality
- Location: Gombe State, North East Nigeria, Nigeria, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
10.8238° or 10° 49′ 26″ north
Longitude
10.7722° or 10° 46′ 20″ east
Population
17,000
Elevation
474 metres (1,555 feet)
Open location code
7F2GRQFC+GV
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Bole to Yoruba—“Dukku” goes by many names.
- Bole: “Dukku”
- Cebuano: “Dukku”
- Dutch: “Dukku”
- French: “Dukku”
- Fulah: “Dukku”
- Fulah: “Touci Lamu Dukku”
- Hausa: “Dukku”
- Igbo: “Dukku”
- Irish: “Dukku”
- Italian: “Dukku”
- Karekare: “Dukku”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Dukku”
- Nigerian Pidgin: “Dukku”
- Portuguese: “Dukku”
- Spanish: “Dukku”
- Turkish: “Dukku”
- Yoruba: “Dukku”
- “Dukku”
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