Dutse is the capital of Jigawa State in northern Nigeria, its name derived from the Hausa word for rock in reference to the area's rocky terrain. A 2022 estimate put its population at 431,800, and the city is home to Federal University Dutse, established in November 2011, along with a state polytechnic and a research institute for date palms. 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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Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Dutse (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)Quote, P1082 (population)
population 153,000
2. Open-Meteo: Open-Meteo Elevation API: elevation at Dutse coordinates
Open-MeteoJSON elevationQuote, JSON elevation
"elevation": [ 435.0 ]
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 11.75, 9.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 11.75, 9.25
11.75 9.25 BSh
4. GeoNames: Dutse - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2344245, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)Quote, cities500 record 2344245, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
11.75618 9.33896 P PPLA NG 39 18012 JI0609 17129 444 Africa/Lagos
Dutse (Wikipedia)
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Dutse () is the capital city of Jigawa State in northern Nigeria, specifically in the northwestern part of Nigeria, and also the capital of Dutse Emirate.
- In Group: Cities of Western Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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