Gombe State

Gombe State is a state in , bordered to the north and northeast by the states of in the vicinity of and Lake and in the vicinity of Gongola River, to the south by , to the southeast…
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is the capital city of State, , with an estimated population of 262,000. The city is the headquarters of the Emirate, a traditional state that covers most of state. This article also covers the nearby town of Tunfure.

is a local government area of Gombe, Gombe State, . Its headquarters is in Kumo town on the A345 highway south of the state capital , about 40 km away.

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is a town and one of the eleven Local Government Areas of Gombe State, . It is located in the northern part of the state at, on the which traverses the area.

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, also known as Tangle, is a town and one of the 11 Local Government Areas of Gombe State, located south of . It is bordered to the north by Local Government Area, south and east by , and northeast by Local Government Area.

is one of the eleven local government areas in Gombe State, . It falls under the southern senatorial district of the state. Its administrative headquarters is located at Talasse town.

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is a town and Local Government Area in Gombe State, Nigeria. The 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.

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is a town in northeastern and the administrative headquarters of Akko Local Government Area in Gombe State. It lies approximately 40 kilometres southeast of Gombe, the state capital, along the Gombe–Yola road corridor.

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Deba, sometimes known as , is a town in Gombe State in northern . It is headquarter of the local government area, Gombe State. As of 1995, it had an estimated population of 135,400.

is a town and electoral ward located in Gombe State, 's . About 46 kilometers, or 28 miles, from . The distance is roughly 397 kilometers / 247 mi from to , the capital of Nigeria.

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is a town and headquarters of , a local government area located in the northern part of Gombe State, Nigeria. is 9 km south of the Ashaka cement factory. The town is served by the .

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Gombe State

Latitude of center
10.25° or 10° 15′ north
Longitude of center
11.1667° or 11° 10′ east
Population
3,960,000
Elevation
461 metres (1,512 feet)
Geo­Names ID
2595347
Wiki­data ID
Q376241
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Yue Chinese—“Gombe State” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ጎምቤ ግዛት”
  • Arabic: “غومبي”
  • Arabic: “ولاية غومبي”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qombe ştatı”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qombe”
  • Bengali: “গোম্বে অঙ্গরাজ্য”
  • Bole: “Jiha Gombe”
  • Bulgarian: “Гомбе”
  • Catalan: “Estat de Gombe”
  • Catalan: “Gombe”
  • Cebuano: “Gombe”
  • Central Kanuri: “Bula gombe yǝ”
  • Central Kanuri: “Gombe”
  • Chinese: “Gombe Chiu”
  • Chinese: “貢貝州”
  • Chinese: “贡贝州”
  • Croatian: “Gombe, nigerijska država”
  • Croatian: “Gombe”
  • Czech: “Gombe (stát)”
  • Czech: “Gombe”
  • Danish: “Gombe”
  • Dutch: “Gombe”
  • Esperanto: “Gombe Ŝtato”
  • Esperanto: “Gombe”
  • Esperanto: “subŝtato Gombe”
  • Estonian: “Gombe osariik”
  • Finnish: “Gombe”
  • French: “État de Gombe”
  • French: “Gombe”
  • Fulah: “Diiwal Gombe”
  • Fulah: “Leyddi Gommbe”
  • Galician: “Estado de Gombe”
  • Georgian: “გომბეს შტატი”
  • German: “Gombe”
  • Greek: “Γκόμπε”
  • Gujarati: “ગોમ્બે સ્ટેટ”
  • Gun: “Ayimatẹn Gombe Tọn”
  • Hausa: “Gombawa ɗiban fari”
  • Hausa: “Gombe”
  • Hausa: “Jihar Gombe”
  • Hindi: “गोम्बे राज्य”
  • Igala: “Gombe state”
  • Igbo: “Ȯra Gombe”
  • Indonesian: “Gombe”
  • Italian: “Gombe”
  • Japanese: “ゴンベ州”
  • Javanese: “Gombe State”
  • Kannada: “ಗೊಂಬೆ ರಾಜ್ಯ”
  • Kanuri: “Bula gombe yǝ”
  • Kazakh: “Гомбе штаты”
  • Kirghiz: “Гомбе штаты”
  • Korean: “곰베주”
  • Kurdish: “Gombe”
  • Latvian: “Gombe”
  • Latvian: “Gombes štats”
  • Lithuanian: “Gombė”
  • Lithuanian: “Gombės valstija”
  • Malay: “Gombe State”
  • Marathi: “गोमे राज्य”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Gombe Chiu”
  • Mirandese: “Gombe”
  • Nigerian Pidgin: “Gombe State”
  • Nigerian Pidgin: “Gombe”
  • Northern Frisian: “Gombe”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gombe”
  • Norwegian: “Gombe”
  • Obolo: “Gombe (Agan̄-mkpulu)”
  • Obolo: “Gombe”
  • Oromo: “Gombe State”
  • Panjabi: “ਗੋਮਬੇ ਸਟੇਟ”
  • Persian: “ایالت گومبه”
  • Polish: “Gombe”
  • Portuguese: “Gombe”
  • Pushto: “ګومبې ایالت”
  • Romanian: “Statul Gombe”
  • Russian: “Гомбе”
  • Serbian: “Гомбе”
  • Sindhi: “گومبي رياست”
  • Sinhala: “ගොම්බෙ රාජ්‍ය”
  • Sinhala: “ගොම්බේ ප්‍රාන්තය”
  • Somali: “Gombe State”
  • South Azerbaijani: “قومبه ایالتی”
  • Spanish: “Estado de Gombe”
  • Spanish: “Gombe”
  • Swahili: “Jimbo la Gombe”
  • Swedish: “Gombe”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Гомбе”
  • Tamil: “கொம்பே மாநிலம்”
  • Tatar: “Gombe Ştaty”
  • Telugu: “గోంబె రాష్ట్రము”
  • Telugu: “గోంబె స్టేట్”
  • Thai: “กอมเบ”
  • Tumbuka: “Gombe State, Nigeria”
  • Turkish: “Gombe Eyaleti”
  • Turkish: “Gombe”
  • Tyap: “A̱byin Gwombe”
  • Tyap: “Gwombe”
  • Tyap: “Si̱tet Gwombe”
  • Ukrainian: “Гомбе”
  • Urdu: “گومبے اسٹیٹ”
  • Urdu: “گومبے ریاست”
  • Uzbek: “Gombe shtati”
  • Vietnamese: “Bang Gombe”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Gombe (estado)”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Gombe”
  • Western Mari: “Гомбе”
  • Yoruba: “Gombe State”
  • Yoruba: “Ìpínlẹ̀ Gombe”
  • Yue Chinese: “貢貝州”

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