Nigeria
North West Nigeria
Katsina State

Funtua

Funtua is a local government area in , , and is headquartered in the town of Funtua on the A126 highway. It is one of the premier local governments in Nigeria created after the local government reforms in 1976.
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  • Type: Town with 75,000 residents
  • Description: local government area in Nigeria
  • Also known as: “FTA”, “FTA, Huntuwa”, and “Funtua Local Government Area”

Funtua

Latitude
11.5232° or 11° 31′ 24″ north
Longitude
7.3075° or 7° 18′ 27″ east
Population
75,000
Elevation
699 metres (2,293 feet)
Open location code
7F39G8F4+7X
Open­Street­Map ID
node 501386027
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
8633671
Wiki­data ID
Q3056264
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Yoruba—“Funtua” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Funtua”
  • Cebuano: “Funtua (distrito)”
  • Cebuano: “Funtua”
  • Chinese: “Funtua”
  • Chinese: “丰图阿”
  • Chinese: “豐圖阿”
  • Dutch: “Funtua”
  • French: “Funtua”
  • Hausa: “Funtua”
  • Hausa: “Huntuwa huntun dutse”
  • Igbo: “Funtua”
  • Italian: “Funtua”
  • Japanese: “フントゥア”
  • Malagasy: “Funtua”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Funtua”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Funtua”
  • Norwegian: “Funtua”
  • Polish: “Funtua”
  • Portuguese: “Funtua”
  • Romanian: “Funtua”
  • Spanish: “Funtua”
  • Yoruba: “Funtua”

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