Gashua

Gashua is a town in , place in . It is one of the largest and developed cities in Yobe state.
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  • Type: City with 126,000 residents
  • Description: place in Yobe State, Nigeria
  • Also known as: “GSA”
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Gashua

Latitude
12.8729° or 12° 52′ 22″ north
Longitude
11.0388° or 11° 2′ 20″ east
Population
126,000
Elevation
339 metres (1,112 feet)
Open location code
7F4HV2FQ+4G
Open­Street­Map ID
node 501331784
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
2341656
Wiki­data ID
Q5526456
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yoruba—“Gashua” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “غاشوا”
  • Bengali: “গাশুয়া”
  • Bole: “Gashua”
  • Bulgarian: “Гашуа”
  • Cebuano: “Gashua”
  • Chinese: “加舒阿”
  • Croatian: “Gashua”
  • Danish: “Gashua”
  • Dutch: “Gashua”
  • Finnish: “Gashua”
  • French: “Gashua”
  • Greek: “Γκάσουα”
  • Gujarati: “ગશુઆ”
  • Hausa: “Gashua”
  • Hindi: “गैषुआ”
  • Igbo: “Gashua”
  • Indonesian: “Gashua”
  • Irish: “Gashua”
  • Italian: “Gashua”
  • Japanese: “ガシュア”
  • Kannada: “ಗಶುವ”
  • Korean: “가슈아”
  • Latvian: “Gašua”
  • Lithuanian: “Gašua”
  • Malagasy: “Gashua”
  • Malay: “Gashua”
  • Marathi: “गशूआ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gashua”
  • Norwegian: “Gashua”
  • Polish: “Gashua”
  • Portuguese: “Gashua”
  • Russian: “Гашуа”
  • Sinhala: “ගශුආ”
  • Spanish: “Gashua”
  • Swedish: “Gashua”
  • Tamil: “கஷுஆ”
  • Telugu: “గశువు”
  • Thai: “กัสเชิร์น”
  • Turkish: “Gashua”
  • Ukrainian: “Гашуа”
  • Urdu: “جاشوا”
  • Vietnamese: “Gashua”
  • Yoruba: “Gashua”

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