Lafia is a city in Nigeria's North Central region that serves as the capital and largest city of Nasarawa State, and headquarters of the Lafia Emirate Council. The 2021 census recorded a population of 509,300, and the city is home to the Federal University of Lafia and the Nasarawa United football club. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Founding Year Climate Zone Sources
1. Lafia (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)Quote, P1082 (population)
population 330,712 (2006)
2. 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 8.25, 8.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 8.25, 8.75
8.25 8.75 Aw
3. GeoNames: Lafia - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2332515, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)Quote, cities500 record 2332515, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
8.4939 8.51532 P PPLA NG 56 26008 127236 179 Africa/Lagos
Lafia (Wikipedia)
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Lafia is a city in Nigeria's North Central region.
- In Group: Cities of Western Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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