Sambisa Forest
The Sambisa Forest is a forest in Borno State, northeast Nigeria. It is in the southwestern part of Chad Basin National Park, about 60 km southeast of Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State. It has an area of 518 km2.- Type: Nature reserve
- Description: forest in Borno State, Nigeria
- Also known as: “Sambisa National Park”
Sambisa Forest
- Categories: forest and recreation area
- Location: Bita Izge, Gwoza, Borno State, North East Nigeria, Nigeria, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
11.2761° or 11° 16′ 34″ northLongitude
13.4518° or 13° 27′ 7″ eastOpen location code
7F3M7FG2+CPOpenStreetMap ID
way 952370485OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserveWikidata ID
Q15059687
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Yoruba—“Sambisa Forest” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “山姆畢沙森林”
- Chinese: “撒比萨森林”
- Chinese: “撒比薩森林”
- Chinese: “桑比萨森林”
- Chinese: “桑比薩森林”
- Chinese: “萨比萨森林”
- Chinese: “薩姆畢沙林”
- Danish: “Sambisa-skoven”
- French: “forêt de Sambisa”
- French: “Forêt de Sambisa”
- German: “Sambisa-Sümpfe”
- Hausa: “Dajin Sambisa”
- Igala: “Efeko Sambisa”
- Igbo: “Ọhịa Sambisa”
- Indonesian: “Hutan Sambisa”
- Japanese: “サンビサ森林”
- Korean: “삼비사 숲”
- Persian: “جنگل سامبیسا”
- Russian: “Самбиса”
- Tyap: “Sop Sambisa”
- Urdu: “سمبیسا فاریسٹ”
- Yoruba: “Sambisa Forest”
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