Damaturu is a city in northeastern Nigeria that serves as the capital of Yobe State and headquarters of both the Damaturu Emirate and the state government, where the governor resides and the state's ministries, departments and agencies are based. The 2006 census recorded a population of 88,014, with a 2022 estimate of 137,900, and the city hosts several tertiary institutions including Yobe State University and Federal Polytechnic Damaturu.
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Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Damaturu (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)Quote, P1082 (population)
population 141,897
2. Open-Meteo: Open-Meteo Elevation API: elevation at Damaturu coordinates
Open-MeteoJSON elevationQuote, JSON elevation
"elevation": [ 374.0 ]
3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 11.75, 11.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 11.75, 11.75
11.75 11.75 BSh
4. GeoNames: Damaturu - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2345521, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)Quote, cities500 record 2345521, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
11.74697 11.96083 P PPLA NG 44 703 70311 46000 371 Africa/Lagos
Damaturu (Wikipedia)
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Damaturu () is a city in northeastern Nigeria and the capital of Yobe State in northern Nigeria.
- In Group: Cities of Western Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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