Kogi State
Kogi State is a state in North Central Nigeria. 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Lokoja and Idah.
Lokoja
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Lokoja is the capital city of Kogi State, a state in North Central part of Nigeria. It is sited at the confluence of the rivers Niger and Benue.
Idah
Idah is a town in Kogi State, Nigeria, on the eastern bank of the Niger River in the middle belt region of Nigeria. It is the headquarter of the Igala Kingdom, and also a Local Government Area with an area of 36 km2.Kabba
Kabba is a city in North Central Nigeria. Kabba 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.Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Ibaji and Okehi.
Ibaji
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Ibaji is a Local Government Area in Kogi State, Nigeria in the south of the state separated from Edo State to the west by the Niger River, and bordering Anambra State in the south.
Anyigba
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Anyigba is a town in the Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi State. It is the home of Kogi State University.
Dekina
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Dekina is a local government area in Kogi State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Dekina, 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.
Koton Karfe
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Koton Karfe is the headquarters of Kogi Local Government Area in Kogi State, Nigeria and is located on latitude 8.1046°N and longitude 6.7976°E and in the Northern part of the Nigeria between Lokoja and Abuja.
Ogidi
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Ogidi 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.
Illah Bunu
Illah Bunu is a town in Kogi State in mid west Nigeria. It is about 45 minutes drive from Kabba town in Kogi State. The town is near Aiyegunle Gbede Coordinate: 8.094284,6.080761…Photo: Kaizenify, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Kogi State
- Type: State with 3,600,000 residents
- Description: state in Nigeria
- Also known as: “Geregu Kogi Stat” and “Kogi STATE”
- Neighbors: Anambra State, Benue State, Edo State, Ekiti State, Enugu State, Federal Capital Territory, Kwara State, Nasarawa State, Niger State, and Ondo State
- Categories: state of Nigeria and locality
- Location: North Central Nigeria, Nigeria, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude of center
7.795° or 7° 47′ 42″ northLongitude of center
6.6869° or 6° 41′ 13″ eastPopulation
3,600,000Elevation
35 metres (115 feet)OpenStreetMap ID
node 2163706709OpenStreetMap feature
place=state
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yoruba—“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”
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