Potiskum
Potiskum is one of the largest cities of about in Yobe State, northeastern Nigeria. It has one of the largest cattle markets in Africa and the largest in West Africa, and also a large grain and millet market.
- City with about 206,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 430 metres (1,400 feet)
- …is also known as “Putuskum”
- Description: Local Government Area in Yobe State, Nigeria
- Neighbors: Bauchi State
Potiskum
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Latitude
11.7123° or 11° 42′ 44″ north
Longitude
11.0763° or 11° 4′ 35″ east
Open location code
7F3HP36G+WG
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OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yoruba—“Potiskum” goes by many names.
بوتيسكومArabic
পটিস্কামBengali
PotiskumBole
PotiskumCatalan
PotiskumCebuano
Potiskum (distrito)Cebuano
Potiskum (kapital sa distrito)Cebuano
波蒂斯库姆Chinese
波蒂斯庫姆Chinese
PotiskumCroatian
PotiskumDanish
PotiskumDutch
PotiskumEsperanto
PotiskumFinnish
PataskumoFulah
PotiskumFulah
ΠότισκουμGreek
પોટિસ્કમGujarati
FataskumHausa
PotiskumHausa
पोटेसकमHindi
PataskumoIgbo
PotiskumIgbo
PotiskumIndonesian
PotiskumItalian
ポティスクムJapanese
ಪೊಟ್ಟಿಸ್ಕ್ಯೂಮ್Kannada
PotiskumKarekare
포티스쿰Korean
PotiskumaLatvian
PotiskumasLithuanian
PotiskumMalagasy
PotiskumMalay
पोटीस्कमMarathi
PotiskumMin Nan Chinese
PotiskumNorwegian
PotiskumNorwegian Bokmål
پوتیسکامPersian
PotiskumPolish
PotiskumRomanian
ПотискумRussian
පොටිස්කම්Sinhala
PotiskumSwedish
போட்டிஸ்க்கும்Tamil
పోటిస్కంTelugu
โพทิสคุมThai
PatiskumTurkish
ПотіскумUkrainian
پوتیسکومUrdu
PotiskumVietnamese
PotiskumYoruba
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