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Kogi State

Kogi State is a state in . The state is nicknamed the "Confluence State" due the fact that the confluence of the River Niger and the River Benue occurs next to its capital, Lokoja.
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is the capital city of Kogi State, a state in North Central part of . It is sited at the confluence of the rivers Niger and Benue.

is a town in Kogi State, , on the eastern bank of the in the of . It is the headquarter of the Igala Kingdom, and also a Local Government Area with an area of 36 km2.

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is a city in . is a notable trading point for coffee, cocoa, yams, cassava, maize, sorghum, shea nuts, peanuts, beans, woven cloth and cotton produced by the Yoruba, Ebira, and other communities neighbouring the area.

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is a Local Government Area in Kogi State, in the south of the state separated from to the west by the , and bordering in the south.

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is a local government area in Kogi State, . Its headquarters are in the town of , on the A233 highway in the Middle Belt area at. The northeasterly line of equal latitude and longitude passes through the southeast of the LGA.

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is a town in the Local Government Area of Kogi State. It is the home of Kogi State University.

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is the headquarters of Kogi Local Government Area in Kogi State, and is located on latitude 8.1046°N and longitude 6.7976°E and in the Northern part of the Nigeria between and .

is a town in Kogi State in mid west . It is about 45 minutes drive from town in Kogi State. The town is near Aiyegunle Gbede Coordinate: 8.094284,6.080761…

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is a town in Kogi State that is notable for its igneous rock mountain formations, a traditional art sector, hospitality, heroism, and a long history of self-reliance.
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Kogi State

Latitude of center
7.795° or 7° 47′ 42″ north
Longitude of center
6.6869° or 6° 41′ 13″ east
Population
3,600,000
Elevation
35 metres (115 feet)
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2163706709
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
2597364
Wiki­data ID
Q387745
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Kogi State” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كوجي”
  • Arabic: “ولاية كوجي”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kogi ştatı”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kogi”
  • Bengali: “কোজি অঙ্গরাজ্য”
  • Bulgarian: “Коги”
  • Catalan: “Estat de Kogi”
  • Catalan: “Kogi”
  • Cebuano: “Kogi State”
  • Cebuano: “Kogi”
  • Central Kanuri: “Kogi”
  • Chinese: “Kogi Chiu”
  • Chinese: “科吉州”
  • Czech: “Kogi (stát)”
  • Czech: “Kogi”
  • Danish: “Kogi”
  • Dutch: “Kogi”
  • Esperanto: “Kogi Ŝtato”
  • Esperanto: “Kogi”
  • Estonian: “Kogi osariik”
  • Estonian: “Kogi”
  • Finnish: “Kogi”
  • French: “État de Kogi”
  • French: “Kogi”
  • Fulah: “Diiwal Kogi”
  • Galician: “Estado de Kogi”
  • Georgian: “კოგის შტატი”
  • German: “Kogi”
  • Greek: “Κόγκι”
  • Gujarati: “કોગી સ્ટેટ”
  • Gun: “Ayimatẹn Kogi Tọn”
  • Hausa: “Jahar Kogi”
  • Hausa: “Jihar Kogi”
  • Hausa: “KOGI”
  • Hebrew: “מדינת קוגי”
  • Hindi: “कोगी राज्य”
  • Igala: “Kogi State”
  • Igbo: “Kogi”
  • Igbo: “Ȯra Kogi”
  • Indonesian: “Kogi”
  • Italian: “Kogi”
  • Japanese: “コギ州”
  • Kannada: “ಕೋಗಿ ರಾಜ್ಯ”
  • Korean: “코기주”
  • Latvian: “Kogi štats”
  • Latvian: “Kogi”
  • Lithuanian: “Kogio valstija”
  • Malay: “Kogi State”
  • Marathi: “कोगी राज्य”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Kogi Chiu”
  • Nigerian Pidgin: “Kogi State”
  • Nigerian Pidgin: “Kogi Stet”
  • Northern Frisian: “Kogi (Bundesstoot)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Kogi”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kogi”
  • Norwegian: “Kogi”
  • Nupe-Nupe-Tako: “Kogi, Kogi State”
  • Obolo: “Kogi”
  • Persian: “ایالت کوگی”
  • Polish: “Kogi”
  • Portuguese: “Kogi”
  • Romanian: “Statul Kogi”
  • Russian: “Коги”
  • Serbian: “Коги”
  • Sindhi: “ڪوگي رياست”
  • Sinhala: “කොගී ප්‍රාන්තය”
  • Sinhala: “කොගී රාජ්‍ය”
  • Slovenian: “Kogi State”
  • Slovenian: “Kogi”
  • South Azerbaijani: “كوجي”
  • South Azerbaijani: “کوقی ایالتی”
  • Spanish: “Estado de Kogi”
  • Spanish: “Kogi”
  • Swahili: “Kogi”
  • Swedish: “Kogi”
  • Tamil: “கோகி மாநிலம்”
  • Telugu: “కోగి రాష్ట్రం”
  • Thai: “รัฐโคกี”
  • Tumbuka: “Kogi State, Nigeria”
  • Turkish: “Kogi Eyaleti”
  • Turkish: “Kogi”
  • Tyap: “Kwogi”
  • Tyap: “Si̱tet Kogi”
  • Ukrainian: “Когі”
  • Urdu: “کوگی اسٹیٹ”
  • Urdu: “کوگی ریاست”
  • Vietnamese: “Bang Kogi”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Kogi (estado)”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Kogi”
  • Western Mari: “Коги”
  • Western Panjabi: “کوگی ریاست”
  • Yoruba: “Ìpínlẹ̀ Kogí”
  • Yoruba: “Kogi State”
  • Yue Chinese: “科吉州”

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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 Wikivoyage page “Kogi State”. Photo: Ayobamimac, CC BY-SA 4.0.