Birnin Kebbi is the capital of Kebbi State in northwestern Nigeria and headquarters of the Gwandu Emirate, which it has served since 1906; it became Kebbi's state capital when the state was created in 1991. Sited on the Sokoto River, its local government area had an estimated population of 458,900 in 2022, up from about 366,200 in 2016, in a predominantly Hausa and Fulani Muslim population whose economy centers on peanut and rice trading and livestock markets.
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Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Birnin Kebbi (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)Quote, P1082 (population)
population 125,594
2. Open-Meteo: Open-Meteo Elevation API: elevation at Birnin Kebbi coordinates
Open-MeteoJSON elevationQuote, JSON elevation
"elevation": [ 232.0 ]
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 12.25, 4.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 12.25, 4.25
12.25 4.25 BSh
4. GeoNames: Birnin Kebbi - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2347059, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)Quote, cities500 record 2347059, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
12.45389 4.1975 P PPLA NG 40 506 50613 108164 234 Africa/Lagos
Birnin Kebbi (Wikipedia)
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Birnin Kebbi is a city located in northwestern Nigeria It is the capital city of Kebbi State and headquarters of the Gwandu Emirate.
- In Group: Cities of Western Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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