Tangaza
Tangaza is a Local Government Area in Sokoto State, Nigeria. The headquarters is Gidan Madi. Tangaza shares a border with the Republic of Niger to the north. It has an area of 2,477 km2 and a population of 113,853 at the 2006 census.- Type: Town with 198,000 residents
- Description: LGA in Sokoto State, Nigeria
- Also known as: “Tangaza Local Government Area”
Tangaza
- Categories: local government area of Nigeria and locality
- Location: Sokoto State, North West Nigeria, Nigeria, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
13.3684° or 13° 22′ 6″ northLongitude
4.9382° or 4° 56′ 18″ eastPopulation
198,000Elevation
294 metres (965 feet)Open location code
7F569W9Q+87OpenStreetMap ID
node 501386060OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
8632712Wikidata ID
Q7682831
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Yoruba—“Tangaza” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Tangaza (distrito)”
- Cebuano: “Tangaza”
- Chinese: “Tangaza”
- French: “Tangaza”
- Fulah: “Tangaza”
- German: “Tangaza”
- Hausa: “Tangaza”
- Igbo: “Tangaza”
- Italian: “Tangaza”
- Karekare: “Tangaza”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Tangaza”
- Spanish: “Tangaza”
- Swahili: “Tangaza”
- Yoruba: “Agbegbe Ijoba Ibile Tangaza”
- Yoruba: “Agbègbè Ìjọba Ìbílẹ̀ Tangaza”
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