Nigeria
North Central Nigeria
Federal Capital Territory

Zuma Rock

Zuma Rock is a large natural monolith, or inselberg, an igneous intrusion composed of gabbro and granodiorite, located in , a town in , .
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Madalla and Suleja.

Town
is a town in near the capital . It is in between Suleja and Abuja and mostly referred to as Abuja. has some areas of attention like the surrounding rocky hills and mountains all over the town. is situated 4½ km southwest of Zuma Rock.

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is a city in , , 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.

Zuma Rock

Latitude
9.13058° or 9° 7′ 50″ north
Longitude
7.23418° or 7° 14′ 3″ east
Open location code
6FX946JM+6M
Open­Street­Map ID
way 28934463
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­cliff
Wiki­data ID
Q229624
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Satellite Map

Discover Zuma Rock from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yoruba—“Zuma Rock” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “صخرة زوما”
  • Basque: “Zuma Rock”
  • Central Kanuri: “Kau Zuma yǝ”
  • Chinese: “祖玛岩”
  • Chinese: “祖马石”
  • Croatian: “Zuma Rock”
  • Czech: “Zuma Rock”
  • Danish: “Zuma Rock”
  • Dutch: “Zuma Rock”
  • French: “Zuma Rock”
  • Fulah: “Zuma Rock”
  • German: “Zuma Rock”
  • Hausa: “Dutsen Zuma”
  • Hausa: “Zuma Rock”
  • Hebrew: “צוק זומה”
  • Indonesian: “Batu Zuma”
  • Italian: “Zuma Rock”
  • Japanese: “ズマ・ロック”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Umusozi wa Zuma”
  • Malayalam: “സുമ റോക്ക്”
  • Nupe-Nupe-Tako: “Zuma Rock”
  • Persian: “صخره زوما”
  • Polish: “Zuma Rock”
  • Portuguese: “Monte Zuma”
  • Russian: “Зума (скала)”
  • Russian: “Зума”
  • Spanish: “Roca Zuma”
  • Ukrainian: “Зума-Рок”
  • Yoruba: “Àpáta Zuma”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Zuma Rock and Zuma Rock Son.

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