Yobe State
Yobe is a state located in northeastern Nigeria. A mainly agricultural state, it was created on 27 August, 1991. Yobe State was carved out of Borno State.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Damaturu and Potiskum.
Damaturu
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Damaturu is a Local Government Area and the capital city of Yobe State in northern Nigeria. It is the headquarters of the Damaturu Emirate. Damaturu is the capital and administrative headquarters of Yobe State and where the governor resides and host to State Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies.
Potiskum
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Potiskum is one of the largest cities in Yobe State, 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.
Nguru
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Nguru is a town in Yobe State, northeastern Nigeria. It is the headquarters of Nguru Local Government Area and a major trade center for the surrounding Kanuri, Bede, and Manga peoples…
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Yunusari and Geidam.
Yunusari
Yunusari is a Local Government Area in Yobe State, northeastern Nigeria. It's located near the border with Niger Republic.Geidam
Geidam is a Local Government Area in Yobe State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Geidam in the northwest of the area at. On 24 April 2021 terrorists from ISWAP seized Geidam killing 11 people, and over 6,000 residents were displaced.Nangere
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Nangere is a local government area in Yobe State, Nigeria. The town of Sabon Garin is its administrative hub.
Gashua
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Gashua is a town in Yobe State, North East Nigeria. It is the one of the largest and developed cities in Yobe state.
Yobe State
- Type: state of Nigeria with 2,530,000 residents
- Description: state in the northern part of Nigeria
- Also known as: “Yobe”
- Neighbors: Bauchi State, Borno State, Gombe State, and Jigawa State
- Location: North East Nigeria, Nigeria, West Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yoruba—“Yobe State” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ولاية يوبي”
- Arabic: “يوبي”
- Azerbaijani: “Yobe ştatı”
- Bengali: “ইয়ব অঙ্গরাজ্য”
- Bulgarian: “Йобе”
- Catalan: “Yobe”
- Cebuano: “Yobe State”
- Central Kanuri: “Yobe”
- Chinese: “Yobe Chiu”
- Chinese: “約貝州”
- Chinese: “约贝州”
- Czech: “Yobe”
- Danish: “Yobe”
- Dutch: “Yobe”
- Esperanto: “Jobe Ŝtato”
- Esperanto: “Jobe-ŝtato”
- Esperanto: “Jobe”
- Esperanto: “subŝtato Jobe”
- Estonian: “Yobe osariik”
- Estonian: “Yobe”
- Finnish: “Yobe”
- French: “Yobe”
- Fulah: “Diiwal Yobe”
- Galician: “Yobe”
- Georgian: “იობეს შტატი”
- German: “NG-YO”
- German: “Yobe”
- Greek: “Γιόμπε”
- Gujarati: “યોબે સ્ટેટ”
- Gun: “Ayimatẹn Yobe Tọn”
- Hausa: “Jihar Yobe”
- Hausa: “Yobe”
- Hebrew: “יובה”
- Hindi: “योबे राज्य”
- Igala: “Yobe”
- Igbo: “Ȯra Yobe”
- Igbo: “Yobe steeti”
- Igbo: “Yobe”
- Indonesian: “Yobe”
- Italian: “Yobe”
- Japanese: “ヨベ州”
- Kannada: “ಯೊಬೆ ರಾಜ್ಯ”
- Korean: “요베주”
- Latvian: “Jobe”
- Latvian: “Jobes štats”
- Lithuanian: “Jobės valstija”
- Malay: “Yobe State”
- Marathi: “याबे राज्य”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Yobe Chiu”
- Nepali: “योबे राज्य”
- Nigerian Pidgin: “Yobe state”
- Nigerian Pidgin: “Yobe State”
- Northern Frisian: “Yobe (Bundesstoot)”
- Northern Frisian: “Yobe”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Yobe”
- Norwegian: “Yobe”
- Obolo: “Yobe”
- Persian: “ایالت یوبه”
- Polish: “Yobe”
- Portuguese: “Yobe”
- Romanian: “Statul Yobe”
- Russian: “Йобе”
- Serbian: “Јобе”
- Sindhi: “يوبي رياست”
- Sinhala: “යෝබේ ප්රාන්තය”
- Sinhala: “යෝබේ රාජ්ය”
- Slovenian: “NG-YO”
- Slovenian: “Yobe”
- South Azerbaijani: “یوبه ایالتی”
- Spanish: “Estado de Yobe”
- Spanish: “Yobe”
- Swahili: “Jimbo la Yobe”
- Swahili: “Yobe State”
- Swahili: “Yobe”
- Swedish: “Yobe”
- Tamil: “யோபெ மாநிலம்”
- Telugu: “యోబ్ రాష్ట్రము”
- Telugu: “యోబ్ స్టేట్”
- Thai: “โยบี”
- Tumbuka: “Yobe State”
- Turkish: “Yobe Eyaleti”
- Turkish: “Yobe”
- Ukrainian: “Йобе”
- Urdu: “یوبے اسٹیٹ”
- Vietnamese: “Bang Yobe”
- Waray (Philippines): “Yobe (estado)”
- Waray (Philippines): “Yobe”
- Western Mari: “Йобе”
- Yoruba: “Ipinle Yobe”
- Yoruba: “Ìpínlẹ̀ Yobe”
- Yoruba: “Yobe State”
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