Gusau

Gusau is a city in , . It is the administrative capital of Zamfara State.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Gusau Airstrip.

Aerodrome
or Gusau Airfield is an airstrip serving Gusau, the capital city of the in and its nearby towns. It is a new that was constructed by the former governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle, which has brought great development to . is situated 4 km east of Gusau.

Gusau

Latitude
12.1658° or 12° 9′ 57″ north
Longitude
6.6606° or 6° 39′ 38″ east
Population
383,000
Elevation
451 metres (1,480 feet)
IATA airport code
QUS
United Nations Location Code
NG QUS
Open location code
7F485M86+87
Open­Street­Map ID
node 501540899
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2339937
Wiki­data ID
Q600405
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Yoruba—“Gusau” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ጉሳው”
  • Arabic: “جوساو”
  • Asturian: “Gusau”
  • Azerbaijani: “Gusau”
  • Bengali: “গুসাউ”
  • Catalan: “Gusau”
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  • Chinese: “Gusau”
  • Chinese: “古紹”
  • Croatian: “Gusau”
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  • Hausa: “Gusau”
  • Hindi: “गुसाऊ”
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  • Indonesian: “Gusau”
  • Italian: “Gusau”
  • Japanese: “グサウ”
  • Javanese: “Gusau”
  • Kazakh: “Гусау”
  • Kirghiz: “Гусау”
  • Korean: “구사우”
  • Lithuanian: “Gusau”
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  • Panjabi: “ਗੁਸਾਉ”
  • Persian: “گوسائو”
  • Persian: “گوساو”
  • Polish: “Gusau”
  • Portuguese: “Gusau”
  • Pushto: “ګوساو”
  • Romanian: “Gusau”
  • Russian: “Гусау”
  • Russian: “Гусо”
  • Somali: “Gusau”
  • South Azerbaijani: “قوساو”
  • Spanish: “Gusau”
  • Swahili: “Gusau”
  • Swedish: “Gusau”
  • Tajik: “Гусау”
  • Tatar: “Гусау”
  • Turkish: “Gusau”
  • Tyap: “Gusa̱u”
  • Urdu: “گوسائو”
  • Urdu: “گوساو”
  • Uzbek: “Gusau”
  • Yoruba: “Gusau”
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