Imo State
Imo is a state in the South-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria, bordered to the north by Anambra State, Rivers State to the west and south, and Abia State to the east.
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Imo State
- Type: state of Nigeria with 5,460,000 residents
- Description: state in Nigeria
- Also known as: “Etat d’Imo”, “Imo”, “Ipinle Imo”, “NG-IM”, “Ora Imo”, “Si̱tet Imo”, “subŝtato Imo”, “امو اسٹیٹ”, “इमो स्टेट”, and “ఇమో నగరం”
- Neighbors: Abia State, Anambra State, and Rivers State
- Location: South East Nigeria, Nigeria, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude of center
5.5° or 5° 30′ north
Longitude of center
7.1667° or 7° 10′ east
Population
5,460,000
Elevation
127 metres (417 feet)
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Yue Chinese—“Imo State” goes by many names.
- Amharic: “ኢሞ ግዛት”
- Arabic: “ولاية إيمو”
- Armenian: “Իմո նահանգ”
- Armenian: “Իմո”
- Azerbaijani: “İmo ştatı”
- Belarusian: “Іма”
- Belarusian: “Імо”
- Bengali: “ইমো অঙ্গরাজ্য”
- Bole: “Imo”
- Bulgarian: “Имо”
- Catalan: “Imo”
- Cebuano: “Imo State”
- Central Kanuri: “Imo”
- Chinese: “伊莫州”
- Croatian: “Imo”
- Czech: “Imo (stát)”
- Czech: “Imo”
- Danish: “Imo”
- Dutch: “Imo”
- Esperanto: “Imo Ŝtato”
- Esperanto: “Imo”
- Esperanto: “ŝtato Imo”
- Estonian: “Imo osariik”
- Finnish: “Imo”
- French: “État d’Imo”
- French: “Imo”
- Fulah: “Imo”
- Galician: “Estado de Imo”
- Georgian: “იმოს შტატი”
- German: “Imo”
- Greek: “Ίμο”
- Gujarati: “ઇમો સ્ટેટ”
- Hausa: “Imo”
- Hausa: “Jahar Imo”
- Hebrew: “אימו”
- Hindi: “इमो राज्य”
- Hungarian: “Imo állam”
- Igala: “Imo State”
- Igbo: “Imo Steetị”
- Igbo: “Ọ̀hà Ímò”
- Igbo: “steeti imo”
- Indonesian: “Imo”
- Italian: “Imo”
- Japanese: “イモ州”
- Javanese: “Negara Imo”
- Kannada: “ಇಮೋ ರಾಜ್ಯ”
- Kanuri: “Imo state”
- Kazakh: “Имо облысы”
- Kirghiz: “Имо штаты”
- Korean: “이모주”
- Latvian: “Imo štats”
- Latvian: “Imo”
- Lithuanian: “Imas”
- Lithuanian: “Imo valstija”
- Malay: “Imo State”
- Marathi: “इमो राज्य”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Imo Chiu”
- Nigerian Pidgin: “Imo State”
- Northern Frisian: “Imo (Bundesstoot)”
- Northern Frisian: “Imo”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Imo”
- Norwegian: “Imo”
- Nupe-Nupe-Tako: “Imo State”
- Obolo: “Imo”
- Oromo: “Naannoo Imo”
- Panjabi: “ਇਮੋ ਰਾਜ”
- Persian: “ایالت ایمو”
- Polish: “Imo”
- Portuguese: “Imo”
- Pushto: “د ایمو ایالت”
- Romanian: “Statul Imo”
- Russian: “Имо”
- Serbian: “Имо”
- Sindhi: “ايمو رياست”
- Sinhala: “ඉමෝ ප්රාන්තය”
- Sinhala: “ඉමෝ රාජ්ය”
- Slovenian: “Imo”
- Somali: “Gobolka Imo”
- South Azerbaijani: “ایمو ایالتی”
- Spanish: “Estado de Imo”
- Spanish: “Imo”
- Swahili: “Jimbo la Imo”
- Swedish: “Imo”
- Tajik: “Вилояти Imo”
- Tamil: “இமோ மாநிலம்”
- Tatar: “Imo дәүләте”
- Telugu: “ఇమో స్టేట్”
- Thai: “อีโม”
- Tumbuka: “Imo State, Nigeria”
- Turkish: “Imo Eyaleti”
- Turkish: “Imo”
- Tyap: “A̱byin Imo”
- Ukrainian: “Імо”
- Urdu: “امو ریاست”
- Uzbek: “Imo shtati”
- Uzbek: “Imo viloyati”
- Vietnamese: “Bang Imo”
- Waray (Philippines): “Imo (estado)”
- Waray (Philippines): “Imo”
- Western Mari: “Имо”
- Yoruba: “Imo State”
- Yoruba: “Ìpínlẹ̀ Imo”
- Yue Chinese: “伊莫州”
- “Imo State”
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