Nigeria
North Central Nigeria
Nasarawa State

Karu

Karu is a local government area in in the north-central part of Nigeria. Its headquarters are in New Karu. It is a city under Nasarawa State and it is very close to the Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria, in fact some people mistake Karu to be in because of its proximity to Abuja, however, Karu is in Nasarawa State.
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  • Type: local government area of Nigeria with 216,000 residents
  • Description: LGA and town in Nasarawa State, Nigeria
  • Also known as: “Karu LGA”, “Karu Local Government Area”, and “Karu, Nasarawa State”

Karu

Latitude
9.0469° or 9° 2′ 49″ north
Longitude
7.7636° or 7° 45′ 49″ east
Population
216,000
Elevation
364 metres (1,194 feet)
Open location code
6FX92QW7+QF
Geo­Names ID
8635057
Wiki­data ID
Q6373591
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Tyap—“Karu” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Karu (distrito)”
  • Cebuano: “Karu”
  • Chinese: “Karu LGA”
  • Estonian: “Karu (Abuja)”
  • Estonian: “Karu”
  • French: “Karu”
  • Fulah: “Karu”
  • Hausa: “Karu”
  • Italian: “Karu”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Karu LGA”
  • Portuguese: “Caru”
  • Spanish: “Karu”
  • Tyap: “Karu”

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Karu”. Photo: ויקיג’אנקי, CC BY 2.0.