Gboko
Gboko is one of the busiest towns in Benue State. Aside from Makurdi the state capital, Gboko is one of the other important commercial, administrative headquarters of the state. It is also where the highest traditional ruling head, the Tor-Tiv sits.
- Village with about 361,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 230 metres (740 feet)
- Description: place in Benue State, Nigeria
- Category: local government area of Nigeria
- Location
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Latitude
7.3179° or 7° 19′ 4″ north
Longitude
8.9951° or 8° 59′ 42″ east
Open location code
6FVC8X9W+52
OpenStreetMap ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yoruba—“Gboko” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “غبوكو”
- Catalan: “Gboko”
- Cebuano: “Gboko”
- Chinese: “博科”
- Chinese: “吉博库”
- Chinese: “吉博庫”
- Dutch: “Gboko”
- Esperanto: “Gboko”
- Finnish: “Gboko”
- French: “Gboko”
- Galician: “Gboko”
- German: “Gboko”
- Hausa: “Gboko”
- Igala: “Gboko”
- Igbo: “Gboko”
- Italian: “Gboko”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Gboko”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gboko”
- Norwegian: “Gboko”
- Polish: “Gboko”
- Portuguese: “Gboko”
- Romanian: “Gboko”
- Russian: “Гбоко”
- Spanish: “Gboko”
- Swahili: “Gboko”
- Ukrainian: “Гбоко”
- Yoruba: “Gboko”
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