Nigeria
North East Nigeria
Yobe State

Geidam

Geidam is a Local Government Area in , . Its headquarters are in the town of Geidam in the northwest of the area at. On 24 April 2021 terrorists from ISWAP seized Geidam killing 11 people, and over 6,000 residents were displaced.
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  • Type: City with 156,000 residents
  • Description: local government area in Nigeria
  • Also known as: “Geidam Local Government Area”

Geidam

Latitude
12.8952° or 12° 53′ 43″ north
Longitude
11.9265° or 11° 55′ 35″ east
Population
156,000
Elevation
332 metres (1,089 feet)
Open location code
7F4HVWWG+3H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 501464391
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
8659867
Wiki­data ID
Q5530097
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yoruba—“Geidam” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “غيدام”
  • Bengali: “গিইদাম”
  • Cebuano: “Geidam (distrito)”
  • Cebuano: “Geidam”
  • Central Kanuri: “Geidam”
  • Chinese: “Geidam”
  • Chinese: “盖达姆”
  • Danish: “Geidam”
  • Dutch: “Geidan”
  • Finnish: “Geidam”
  • French: “Geidam”
  • Fulah: “Geidam”
  • German: “Geidam”
  • Greek: “Γκέινταμ”
  • Gujarati: “ગીદામ”
  • Hausa: “Geidam”
  • Hindi: “गेईदाम”
  • Igbo: “Geidam”
  • Indonesian: “Geidam”
  • Italian: “Geidam”
  • Japanese: “ゲイダム”
  • Kannada: “ಗೀದಮ್”
  • Korean: “게이담”
  • Latvian: “Geidama”
  • Lithuanian: “Geidamas”
  • Malagasy: “Geidam”
  • Malay: “Geidam”
  • Marathi: “गीदाम”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Geidam”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Geidam”
  • Polish: “Geidam”
  • Portuguese: “Geidam”
  • Russian: “Гейдам”
  • Sinhala: “ගෙයිඩම්”
  • Spanish: “Geidam”
  • Swedish: “Geidam”
  • Tamil: “கெய்டம்”
  • Telugu: “జీడం”
  • Thai: “เกยดาม”
  • Turkish: “Geidam”
  • Ukrainian: “Гейдам”
  • Urdu: “جییدام”
  • Vietnamese: “Geidam”
  • Yoruba: “Agbègbè Ìjọba Ìbílẹ̀ Geidam”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Geidam”. Photo: Leigh g bowden, Copyrighted free use.