Okene

Okene is in central Nigeria. It is claimed to be one of the most beautiful places in the whole of West Africa, with a notable beautiful palace, referred to as "Azad's palace", which belongs to the king of Ebira Land, His Royal Majesty Alhaji Dr.
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  • Type: Locality with 479,000 residents
  • Description: municipality in Kogi, Nigeria
  • Also known as: “Okeni”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ogaminana.

Village
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is a larger town in , .

Okene

Latitude
7.5512° or 7° 33′ 4″ north
Longitude
6.2359° or 6° 14′ 9″ east
Population
479,000
Elevation
384 metres (1,260 feet)
Open location code
6FV8H62P+F9
Geo­Names ID
2327220
Wiki­data ID
Q2017187
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Yoruba—“Okene” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Okene”
  • Basque: “Okene”
  • Catalan: “Okene”
  • Cebuano: “Okene (kapital sa distrito)”
  • Cebuano: “Okene”
  • Chinese: “奥凯内”
  • Chinese: “奧科涅”
  • Dagbani: “Okene”
  • Danish: “Okene”
  • Dutch: “Okene”
  • Esperanto: “Okene”
  • Estonian: “Okene”
  • French: “Okene”
  • Fulah: “Okene”
  • German: “Okene”
  • Greek: “Οκένε”
  • Hausa: “Okene”
  • Hungarian: “Okene”
  • Igbo: “Okene”
  • Italian: “Okene”
  • Karekare: “Okene”
  • Lithuanian: “Okenė”
  • Malagasy: “Okene”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Okene”
  • Nigerian Pidgin: “Okene”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Okene”
  • Norwegian: “Okene”
  • Persian: “اویکنی”
  • Polish: “Okene”
  • Portuguese: “Okene”
  • Romanian: “Okene”
  • Russian: “Окене”
  • Spanish: “Okene”
  • Swahili: “Okene”
  • Tyap: “Okene”
  • Ukrainian: “Окене”
  • Urdu: “اوکینے”
  • Yoruba: “Okene”

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