Sokoto
Sokoto is the capital city of Sokoto State in North West Nigeria. Being the seat of the former Sokoto Caliphate, the city is predominantly Muslim and an important seat of Islamic learning in Nigeria.
- City with about 428,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 480 metres (1,570 feet)
- …has the IATA airport code SKO
- Description: a city in Nigeria, capital of Sokoto State
- Also known as“city of Sokoto”“Sokoto City”“Sokoto, Nigeria”
Sokoto
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Latitude
13.0611° or 13° 3′ 40″ north
Longitude
5.2373° or 5° 14′ 14″ east
UN/LOCODE
NG SKO
Open location code
7F57366P+CW
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=city
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yoruba—“Sokoto” goes by many names.
SokotoAfrikaans
Sokoto stadAfrikaans
SokotoAlbanian
ሶኮቶAmharic
سقطو (ولاية)Arabic
سقطو (ولايه)Arabic
سوكوتوArabic
سوكوتو (ولاية)Arabic
صكتوArabic
ولاية سقطوArabic
ولاية صكتوArabic
ولايه سقطوArabic
ՍոկոտոArmenian
Սոկոտո (քաղաք)Armenian
SokotoAsturian
SokotoAzerbaijani
SokotoBasque
SokotoBavarian
СакотаBelarusian
Сакота (горад)Belarusian
সোকোটোBengali
সোকোতোBengali
SokotoCatalan
SokotoCebuano
索科托Chinese
SokotoCroatian
SokotoCzech
SokotoDagbani
SokotoDanish
SokotoDutch
SokotoEsperanto
SokotoFinnish
SokotoGalician
სოკოტოGeorgian
ΣοκότοGreek
સોકોટોGujarati
Birnin SokotoHausa
SokotoHausa
Sokoton ShehuHausa
סוקוטוHebrew
सोकोटोHindi
SokotoHungarian
city of SokotoIgbo
SokotoIgbo
Sokoto CityIgbo
Sokoto, NigeriaIgbo
SokotoIndonesian
SokotoItalian
ソコトJapanese
SokotoJavanese
SokotoJju
ಸೊಕೊಟೊKannada
SokotoKarekare
СокотоKazakh
СокотоKirghiz
소코토Korean
SokotoLatvian
SokotasLithuanian
SokotoLombard
СокотоMacedonian
SokotoMalagasy
SokotoMalay
सोकोटोMarathi
SokotoNorthern Frisian
SokotoNorwegian
SokotoNorwegian Bokmål
SokotoOromo
ਸੋਕੋਟੋPanjabi
سوکوتوPersian
SokotoPolish
سوکوتوPushto
SokotoRomanian
СокотоRussian
සොකොටෝSinhala
SokotoSlovenian
SokotoSomali
سوکوتوSouth Azerbaijani
SokotoSwahili
SakkwatoSwedish
SokotoSwedish
SokotoTagalog
СокотоTajik
சொகொட்டோTamil
СокотоTatar
సొకోటోTelugu
ซากาตะThai
SokotoTurkish
SokotoTyap
СокотоUkrainian
سوکوتوUrdu
سوکوٹوUrdu
SokotoUzbek
SokotoVietnamese
SokotoWaray (Philippines)
SókótóYoruba
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