Nigeria
North East Nigeria
Borno State

Mafa

Mafa is a local government area in in . It has a total population of 152,000 in 2022. Mafa is a rural town with a strong focus on agriculture and traditional practices.
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  • Type: Town with 104,000 residents
  • Description: local government area in Nigeria
  • Also known as: “Moufi”

Mafa

Latitude
11.9239° or 11° 55′ 26″ north
Longitude
13.6002° or 13° 36′ 1″ east
Population
104,000
Elevation
306 metres (1,004 feet)
Open location code
7F3MWJF2+H3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 501526211
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2331628
Wiki­data ID
Q6729409
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Yoruba—“Mafa” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Mafa (distrito)”
  • Cebuano: “Mafa”
  • Central Kanuri: “Mafa”
  • Chinese: “Mafa”
  • French: “Mafa”
  • Fulah: “Mafa”
  • Hausa: “Mafa”
  • Igbo: “Mafa”
  • Italian: “Mafa”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Mafa”
  • Spanish: “Mafa”
  • Yoruba: “Agbègbè Ìjọba Ìbílẹ̀ Mafa”

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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 “Mafa”. Photo: Jigamen, CC BY-SA 4.0.