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Bauchi

Western Africa

Bauchi, formerly known as Yakoba, is a city in northeastern Nigeria and the administrative center of Bauchi State, the Bauchi Local Government Area, and the traditional Bauchi Emirate. It sits on the northern edge of the Jos Plateau at an elevation of 616 meters. The Bauchi Local Government Area covers about 3,687 square kilometers and had a population of 493,810 at the 2006 census, and Bauchi city is one of twenty local government areas that make up Bauchi State.

Facts
Population
693,700 1
Elevation Band
Highland 2
Climate Zone
Tropical 3
Time Zone
UTC+01:00 4
Sources
1. Wikidata: Bauchi
Wikidata Q811144, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
2. Open-Meteo: Open-Meteo Elevation API: elevation at Bauchi coordinates
Open-MeteoJSON elevation
Quote, JSON elevation
"elevation": [ 620.0 ]
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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 10.25, 9.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 10.25, 9.75
10.25 9.75 Aw
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4. GeoNames: Bauchi - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2347470, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
Quote, cities500 record 2347470, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
10.31032 9.84388 P PPLA NG 46 5002 BA0215 693700 623 Africa/Lagos
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Bauchi (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Western Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source
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