Makurdi
Makurdi is a city of 365,000 people, and the capital of Benue State of North Central Nigeria. It sits in a very agricultural area along the Benue River with the fitting moniker of food basket of the nation.
- City with about 517,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 100 metres (340 feet)
- …has the IATA airport code MDI
- …is also known as “Makurdu”
- Description: city in Nigeria
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Latitude
7.7313° or 7° 43′ 53″ north
Longitude
8.5384° or 8° 32′ 18″ east
UN/LOCODE
NG MDI
Open location code
6FVCPGJQ+G9
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=city
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Yoruba—“Makurdi” goes by many names.
ማኩርዲAmharic
ماكورديArabic
مدينة ماكورديArabic
MakurdiAsturian
MakurdiAzerbaijani
МакурдзіBelarusian
মাকুর্দিBengali
MakurdiCatalan
MakurdiCebuano
馬庫爾迪Chinese
马库尔迪Chinese
MakurdiCroatian
MakurdiCzech
MakurdiDanish
MakurdiDutch
ماكوردىEgyptian Arabic
MakurdiEsperanto
MakurdiFinnish
MakurɗiFulah
ΜακούρντιGreek
મકુર્ડીGujarati
MakurdiHausa
מקורדיHebrew
मकुर्डीHindi
मकुर्दीHindi
MakurdiIgala
MakurdiIgbo
MakurdiIndonesian
MakurdiItalian
マクルディJapanese
MakurdiJavanese
ಮಕುರ್ದಿKannada
МакурдиKazakh
МакурдиKirghiz
마쿠르디Korean
MakurdîKurdish
MakurdiLatvian
MakurdisLithuanian
MakurdiMalagasy
MakurdiMalay
मकर्डीMarathi
MakurdiMin Nan Chinese
MakurdiNorthern Frisian
MakurdiNorwegian
MakurdiNorwegian Bokmål
MakurdiNorwegian Nynorsk
MakurdiOromo
ਮਕੁਰਦੀPanjabi
ماکوردیPersian
MakurdiPolish
ماکورديPushto
MakurdiRomanian
МакурдиRussian
මකුර්දීSinhala
MakurdiSlovenian
MakurdiSomali
ماکوردیSouth Azerbaijani
มาคูร์ดีThai
MakurdiTurkish
МакурдіUkrainian
ماکوردیUrdu
MakurdiUzbek
MakurdiVietnamese
MakurdiYoruba
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