Maiduguri

Maiduguri, also known locally as Yerwa, is a city of 800,000 people in Northeastern Nigeria. It is the capital of the Borno State. Since 2009, it has been the heart of the Boko Haram insurgency.
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  • City with about 791,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 320 metres (1,050 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code MIU
  • Description: capital and largest city of Borno state in Northeastern Nigeria
  • Also known as
    “Maidiguri”
    “Maidugari”
    “Yerwa”
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Maiduguri

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Latitude
11.8395° or 11° 50′ 22″ north
Longitude
13.1536° or 13° 9′ 13″ east
UN/LOCODE
NG MIU
Open location code
7F3MR5Q3+RC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 27565111
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
2331447
Wiki­data ID
Q221436

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Maiduguri” goes by many names.
MaiduguriAfrikaans
ማይዱጉሪAmharic
مايدوجوريArabic
مايدوغوريArabic
مايدوگوروArabic
ميدغريArabic
ՄայդուգուրիArmenian
MaiduguriAsturian
MaiduguriAzerbaijani
MaiduquriAzerbaijani
MayduquriAzerbaijani
MaiduguriBavarian
মাইডুগুরিBengali
মাইদুগুরিBengali
МайдугуриBulgarian
MaiduguriCatalan
MaiduguriCebuano
Maiduguri (kapital sa estado)Cebuano
MaiduguriCentral Kanuri
МайдугуриChechen
迈杜古里Chinese
邁杜古里Chinese
MaiduguriCroatian
YerwaCroatian
MaiduguriCzech
MaiduguriDanish
MaiduguriDutch
ميدجرىEgyptian Arabic
MaiduguriEsperanto
MaiduguriEstonian
MaiduguriFinnish
MaiduguriFrench
MaiduguriFulah
MaiduguriGalician
მაიდუგურიGeorgian
MaiduguriGerman
ΜαϊντούγκουριGreek
મૈડુગુરીGujarati
MaiduguriHausa
YerwaHausa
מאידוגוריHebrew
מידוגוריHebrew
מיידוגוריHebrew
माइदुगुरीHindi
मैदुगुरीHindi
MaiduguriHungarian
MaiduguriIgbo
YerwaIgbo
MaiduguriIndonesian
MaiduguriItalian
マイドゥグリJapanese
MaiduguriJavanese
ಮೈದುಗುರಿKannada
MaiduguriKanuri
YerwaKanuri
MaiduguriKarekare
МайдугуриKazakh
МайдугуриKirghiz
마이두구리Korean
MaiduguriLatvian
MaiduguriLithuanian
MaidugurisLithuanian
МаидугуриMacedonian
МајдугуриMacedonian
MaiduguriMalagasy
MaiduguriMalay
मायदुगिरीMarathi
MaiduguriMin Nan Chinese
MaiduguriNigerian Pidgin
YerwaNigerian Pidgin
MaiduguriNorthern Frisian
MaiduguriNorwegian
MaiduguriNorwegian Bokmål
MaiduguriNorwegian Nynorsk
MaiduguriNupe-Nupe-Tako
MaiduguriOromo
ਮੈਦੁਗੁਰੀPanjabi
مایدوگوریPersian
MaiduguriPolish
MaiduguriPortuguese
مايدوګريPushto
MaiduguriRomanian
МайдугуриRussian
MaiduguriScots
මෙයිඩුගුරිSinhala
MaiduguriSlovak
MaiduguriSlovenian
MaiduguriSomali
مایدوقوریSouth Azerbaijani
MaiduguriSpanish
MaiduguriSwahili
MaiduguriSwedish
YerwaSwedish
MaiduguriTagalog
МайдугуриTajik
மெய்டுகுறிTamil
МайдугуриTatar
మైదుగురిTelugu
ไมดูกูรีThai
MaiduguriTurkish
Ma̱iduguriTyap
NduguliTyap
МайдугуріUkrainian
مائیدوگریUrdu
مایدوگوریUrdu
MaiduguriUzbek
MaiduguriVeps
MaiduguriVietnamese
MaiduguriWaray (Philippines)
MaiduguriYoruba
YerwaYoruba
邁杜古里Yue Chinese

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