Nigeria
North Central Nigeria
Federal Capital Territory

Gwagwalada

Gwagwalada is a local government area in the in . Gwagwalada serves as the traditional headquarters of the Bassa people in FCT - Abuja, with the Agụma of Gwagwalada, HRH Alhaji Muhammadu Magaji as the Chairman, Traditional Council of Chiefs, Gwagwalada Area Council.
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  • Type: Town with 159,000 residents
  • Description: local government area in the Federal Capital Territory in Nigeria
  • Also known as: “Gwagwaldda”

Gwagwalada

Latitude
8.936° or 8° 56′ 10″ north
Longitude
7.0859° or 7° 5′ 9″ east
Population
159,000
Elevation
186 metres (610 feet)
Open location code
6FW9W3PP+C9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 501471969
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2339863
Wiki­data ID
Q2285343
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Yoruba—“Gwagwalada” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Գվագվալադա”
  • Basque: “Gwagwalada”
  • Catalan: “Gwagwalada”
  • Cebuano: “Gwagwalada”
  • Chinese: “瓜瓜拉達”
  • Dutch: “Gwagwalada”
  • French: “Gwagwalada”
  • Fulah: “Gwagwalada”
  • Hausa: “Gwagwalada”
  • Igbo: “Gwagwalada”
  • Nupe-Nupe-Tako: “Gwagwalada”
  • Portuguese: “Gwagwalada”
  • Spanish: “Gwagwalada”
  • Yoruba: “Agbègbè Ìjọba Ìbílẹ̀ Gwagwalada”

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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 “Gwagwalada”. Photo: Maaaamiee, CC BY-SA 4.0.