Nguru, also written N'Gourou, is a town and Local Government Area near the Hadejia River in Yobe State, Nigeria. The local government has an area of 916 square kilometres and a population of 270,632, and its postal code is 630; City Population counted 61,511 residents in the town itself at the 1991 census. The town probably dates from around the 15th century. The area has a variety of landscapes, among them the protected Hadejia-Nguru wetlands around Nguru Lake and a semi-desert area known as the Sand Dunes. Nguru is the terminus of the Western Railway of Nigeria and is the site of the Federal Medical Centre, Nguru.
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1. citypopulation.de: Nigeria: States & Cities
citypopulation.deCities table, 1991 census column
YO 61,511
On Continent: Africa, Page heading
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View the Source 2. IANA Time Zone Database: tz database zone1970.tab
IANA Time Zone Databasezone1970.tab, row NGQuote, zone1970.tab, row NG
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Nguru (Wikipedia)
Part Of: Nigeria, Lead
is a town and Local Government Area near the Hadejia River in Yobe State, Nigeria
In Group: Cities of Western Africa (World), Lead
is a town and Local Government Area near the Hadejia River in Yobe State, Nigeria
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