Zamfara State
Zamfara is a state in North West Nigeria with its capital at Gusau. It is bordered to the east by Katsina State, to the west by Sokoto and Niger State, to the north by the Republic of the Niger and to the south by Kaduna State.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Gusau and Kaura Namoda.
Gusau
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Gusau is a city in Zamfara State, North West Nigeria. It is the administrative capital of Zamfara State.
Kaura Namoda
Kaura Namoda, is a Local Government Area in Zamfara State, Nigeria. Its headquarters is in the town of Kaura-Namoda, home to the Federal Polytechnic, Kaura-Namoda. It has an area of 868 km2 and a population of over 281,367 at the 2006 census.Talata Mafara
Talata Mafara is a Local Government Area in Zamfara State, Nigeria. Its headquarters is in the town of Talata Mafara, about 15 km from the Bakolori Dam on the Sokoto River.Zamfara State
- Type: state of Nigeria with 9,280,000 residents
- Description: a northern state in Nigeria
- Also known as: “Fansa...shik” and “Leydi Zamfara”
- Neighbors: Kaduna State, Katsina State, Kebbi State, Niger State, and Sokoto State
- Location: North West Nigeria, Nigeria, West Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yoruba—“Zamfara State” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “زامفارة”
- Arabic: “زمفرة”
- Arabic: “ولاية زامفارة”
- Azerbaijani: “Zamfara ştatı”
- Bengali: “জাম্পারা অঙ্গরাজ্য”
- Bulgarian: “Замфара”
- Catalan: “Estat de Zamfara”
- Cebuano: “Zamfara State”
- Central Kanuri: “Bula zamfara yǝ”
- Central Kanuri: “Zamfara”
- Chinese: “Zamfara Chiu”
- Chinese: “扎姆法拉州”
- Czech: “Zamfara”
- Danish: “Zamfara”
- Dutch: “Zamfara”
- Esperanto: “ŝtato Zamfara”
- Esperanto: “subŝtato Zamfara”
- Esperanto: “Zamfara ŝtato”
- Esperanto: “Zamfara Ŝtato”
- Esperanto: “Zamfara”
- Estonian: “Zamfara osariik”
- Finnish: “Zamfara”
- French: “Zamfara”
- Fulah: “Diiwal Zamfara”
- Fulah: “Zamfara”
- Galician: “Zamfara”
- Georgian: “ზამფარის შტატი”
- German: “Zamfara”
- Greek: “Ζαμφάρα”
- Gujarati: “ઝેમ્ફારા સ્ટેટ”
- Hausa: “Jaha ce a Nijeriya”
- Hausa: “Jihar Zamfara”
- Hausa: “Zamfara”
- Hebrew: “זמפרה”
- Hebrew: “מדינת זמפרה”
- Hindi: “ज़ामफ़ारा राज्य”
- Igala: “Zamfara State”
- Igbo: “Fansa...shik”
- Igbo: “Ȯra Zamfara”
- Igbo: “Zamfara steeti”
- Indonesian: “Zamfara”
- Italian: “Zamfara”
- Japanese: “ザムファラ”
- Japanese: “ザムファラ州”
- Kannada: “ಜಮ್ಫರಾ ಸ್ಟೇಟ್”
- Korean: “잠파라주”
- Latvian: “Zamfara”
- Latvian: “Zamfaras štats”
- Lithuanian: “Zamfara”
- Lithuanian: “Zamfaros valstija”
- Malay: “Zamfara State”
- Marathi: “जामफर राज्य”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Zamfara Chiu”
- Nigerian Pidgin: “Zamfara state”
- Nigerian Pidgin: “Zamfara State”
- Northern Frisian: “Zamfara (Bundesstoot)”
- Northern Frisian: “Zamfara”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Zamfara”
- Norwegian: “Zamfara”
- Nupe-Nupe-Tako: “Zamfara State”
- Obolo: “Zamfara”
- Persian: “ایالت زامفارا”
- Polish: “Zamfara”
- Portuguese: “Zamfara (estado)”
- Portuguese: “Zamfara”
- Portuguese: “Zanfara”
- Romanian: “Statul Zamfara”
- Romanian: “Zamfara”
- Russian: “Замфара”
- Serbian: “Замфара”
- Sindhi: “زمفارا رياست”
- Sinhala: “සම්ෆරා රාජ්ය”
- Sinhala: “සම්ෆාරා ප්රාන්තය”
- South Azerbaijani: “زامفارا ایالتی”
- Spanish: “Estado de Zamfara”
- Spanish: “Zamfara”
- Swahili: “Jimbo la Zamfara”
- Swedish: “Zamfara”
- Tamil: “சப்மபாரா மாநிலம்”
- Telugu: “జంఫారా రాష్ట్రము”
- Telugu: “జంఫారా స్టేట్”
- Thai: “แซมฟารา”
- Tumbuka: “Zamfara State, Nigeria”
- Turkish: “Zamfara Eyaleti”
- Turkish: “Zamfara”
- Tyap: “Si̱tet Za̱mfa̱ra”
- Tyap: “Za̱mfa̱ra”
- Ukrainian: “Замфара”
- Urdu: “زمفارا اسٹیٹ”
- Urdu: “زمفارا ریاست”
- Vietnamese: “Bang Zamfara”
- Waray (Philippines): “Zamfara (estado)”
- Waray (Philippines): “Zamfara”
- Western Mari: “Замфара (штат)”
- Western Mari: “Замфара”
- Yoruba: “Ìpínlẹ̀ Zamfara”
- Yoruba: “Zamfara State”
- “Zamfara”
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