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Niger State

Niger State is a state in the North Central region of , bordered to the east by and the , to the north by and , and to the south by and states, while its western border makes up part of the international border with .
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is a city in the of . It is the capital city of Niger State, one of Nigeria's 36 federal states. Its original two major ethnic groups are the Gbagyi and the Nupe peoples.

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is a city in Niger State, , just north of , capital of the country. It is sometimes confused with the nearby city of , due to its proximity and the fact that it was originally named before the Nigerian government adopted the name from the then Emir Sulayman Bal for its new federal capital in 1976.

is a Local Government Area in Niger State, . It is a city located on the A124 highway which occupies most of the area It is located southwest of , capital of Niger State, and is a dry, arid town.

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is a major town on the south bank of the River in north-west Niger State, . It is the capital city of the Emirate.

is a historic town in Niger State, Nigeria, known for being the former colonial capital of Northern Nigeria during British rule. It is also notable as the birthplace of prominent Nigerian leaders, including Nnamdi Azikiwe, Nigeria's first President.

Niger State

Latitude of center
10° north
Longitude of center
6° east
Population
4,080,000
Elevation
195 metres (640 feet)
Geo­Names ID
2328925
Wiki­data ID
Q503932
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Niger State” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “نيجر”
  • Arabic: “ولاية نيجر”
  • Arabic: “ولايه نيجر”
  • Armenian: “Նիգեր նահանգ”
  • Asturian: “Niger”
  • Azerbaijani: “Niger ştatı”
  • Azerbaijani: “Niger”
  • Basque: “Niger estatua”
  • Bengali: “নাইজার অঙ্গরাজ্য”
  • Bislama: “Niger State”
  • Bulgarian: “Нигер”
  • Catalan: “Estat del Níger”
  • Catalan: “Niger”
  • Cebuano: “Niger State”
  • Cebuano: “Niger”
  • Central Kanuri: “Niger State”
  • Chinese: “Niger Chiu”
  • Chinese: “尼日尔州”
  • Chinese: “尼日州”
  • Chinese: “尼日爾州”
  • Czech: “Niger”
  • Danish: “N”
  • Danish: “Niger”
  • Dutch: “Niger”
  • Esperanto: “Niĝera Ŝtato”
  • Esperanto: “Niĝera subŝtato”
  • Esperanto: “Niĝera”
  • Estonian: “Nigeri osariik”
  • Finnish: “Niger”
  • French: “État de Niger”
  • French: “Niger”
  • Fulah: “Diiwal Niger”
  • Fulah: “Niger”
  • Galician: “Estado de Níxer”
  • Georgian: “ნიგერის შტატი”
  • German: “NG-NI”
  • German: “Niger”
  • Greek: “Νίγκερ”
  • Greek: “Πολιτεία Νίγηρα”
  • Gujarati: “નાઇજર સ્ટેટ”
  • Gun: “Ayimatẹn Niger Tọn”
  • Hausa: “Jihar Neja”
  • Hausa: “Najeriya”
  • Hausa: “Neja”
  • Hindi: “नाइजर राज्य”
  • Igala: “Niger State”
  • Igbo: “Niger”
  • Igbo: “Ȯra Niger”
  • Indonesian: “Niger, Nigeria”
  • Indonesian: “Niger”
  • Italian: “Niger”
  • Japanese: “ナイジャー州”
  • Japanese: “ナイジャ州”
  • Japanese: “ニジェール州”
  • Kannada: “ನೈಜರ್ ರಾಜ್ಯ”
  • Korean: “나이저주”
  • Latvian: “Nigēra”
  • Latvian: “Nigēras štats”
  • Lithuanian: “Nigerio valstija”
  • Malay: “Niger State”
  • Marathi: “नायजर राज्य”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Niger Chiu”
  • Nigerian Pidgin: “Niger State”
  • Northern Frisian: “Niger (Bundesstoot)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Niger”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Niger”
  • Norwegian: “Niger”
  • Nupe-Nupe-Tako: “Niger”
  • Obolo: “Naija”
  • Obolo: “Niger”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Nigèr”
  • Ossetian: “Нигер (штат)”
  • Ossetian: “Нигер”
  • Paiwan: “Niger State”
  • Persian: “ایالت نیجر”
  • Polish: “Niger”
  • Portuguese: “Estado de Niger”
  • Portuguese: “Níger”
  • Romanian: “Niger”
  • Romanian: “Statul Niger”
  • Russian: “Нигер”
  • Serbian: “Нигер”
  • Sindhi: “نائيجر رياست”
  • Sinhala: “නයිජර් ප්‍රාන්තය”
  • Sinhala: “නයිජර් රාජ්‍ය”
  • Slovenian: “NG-NI”
  • Slovenian: “Niger”
  • South Azerbaijani: “نیجر ایالتی”
  • Spanish: “Estado de Níger”
  • Spanish: “Niger”
  • Spanish: “Níger”
  • Swahili: “Jimbo la Niger”
  • Swahili: “Niger State”
  • Swahili: “Niger”
  • Swedish: “Niger”
  • Tamil: “நைஜர் மாநிலம்”
  • Telugu: “నైగర్ రాష్ట్రము”
  • Telugu: “నైగర్ స్టేట్”
  • Thai: “ไนเจอร”
  • Tumbuka: “Niger State, Nigeria”
  • Turkish: “Niger Eyaleti”
  • Turkish: “Niger”
  • Tyap: “Si̱tet Nija”
  • Ukrainian: “Нігер”
  • Urdu: “نائیجر اسٹیٹ”
  • Urdu: “نائیجر ریاست”
  • Vietnamese: “Bang Niger”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Niger (estado)”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Niger”
  • Western Mari: “Нигер”
  • Yoruba: “Ipinle Niger”
  • Yoruba: “Ìpínlẹ̀ Niger”
  • Yoruba: “Niger State”
  • Yue Chinese: “尼日爾州”

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Niger State”. Photo: Shiraz Chakera, CC BY-SA 2.0.