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Jalingo

Western Africa

Jalingo is a city in Taraba State in Nigeria. The table of Nigerian cities and urban settlements published by City Population, which reproduces the census of 26 November 1991, counts 67,226 inhabitants for Jalingo, and warns that all Nigerian population figures carry high error rates and that census results are disputed. GeoNames places Jalingo at latitude 8.89367 and longitude 11.35960, about 208 metres above sea level by its digital elevation model, in the Africa/Lagos time zone of the IANA database, which is UTC+1. GeoNames records Jalingo as the seat of a first-order administrative division, which makes it the capital of Taraba State. GeoNames carries a population figure of 117,757. The atlas places it in the Western Africa subregion of Africa.

Facts
Population
117,757 1
Population
67,226 2
Population Estimate Year
1991 2
Elevation (m)
208 1
Latitude
8.89367 degrees north 1
Longitude
11.3596 degrees east 1
Elevation Band
Lowland 1
Climate Zone
Tropical 3
Time Zone
UTC+01:00 1
Connections

Capital Of

Taraba State, States or Territories
Source GeoNames: Jalingo
Sources
1. GeoNames: Jalingo
  • GeoNames page, Population
    Population 117,757
  • GeoNames page, elevation, banded by atlas thresholds
    SRTM3 208 m
  • GeoNames page, Timezone
    Timezone Africa/Lagos
  • Coordinates
    Coordinates 8.89367, 11.35960
  • Elevation
    SRTM3 208 m
  • Part Of: Nigeria, GeoNames hierarchy line
    Nigeria NG Country
  • On Continent: Africa, GeoNames hierarchy line
    Africa › Nigeria NG
  • In Group: Cities of Western Africa (World), GeoNames hierarchy line
    Nigeria NG
  • Capital Of: Taraba State, GeoNames feature code
    Feature code P PPLA
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2. citypopulation.de: Nigeria: States & Cities
citypopulation.de
  • Cities and urban settlements table, census of 1991-11-26
    Jalingo TA 67,226 0
  • Cities and urban settlements table, census column 1991-11-26
    Jalingo TA 67,226 0
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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
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell
8.75 11.25 Aw
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