The capital and largest city of Borno State in northeastern Nigeria, founded in 1907 as a British colonial military outpost along the seasonal Ngadda River, which disappears into the Firki swamps near Lake Chad. Its metropolitan area was estimated at approximately two million people as of 2022.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Wikipedia, Maiduguri
Wikimedia FoundationInfobox, Population, Total row
Total (2022 projection) 791,200
Infobox, Area, Total row
Total 105.5 km2 (40.7 sq mi)
Infobox, Elevation row
320 m (1,050 ft)
Infobox coordinates
11.83722°N 13.15417°E
Intro paragraph
Maiduguri was founded in 1907 as a military outpost by the British Empire during the colonial period.
- In Group: Cities of Western Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
View the Source 2. GeoNames: Maiduguri - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2331447
11.84692 13.15712 P PPLA NG 27 124 12414 1110000 325 Africa/Lagos
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 325 m
View the Source 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, 13.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 11.75, 13.25
11.75 13.25 BSh
Wikidata: Maiduguri
Wikidata Q221436, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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