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Jigawa State

state in Northern Nigeria
AdministrativeArea state_of_nigeria Q682691

Facts

22 properties

Identity

Instance of
state of Nigeria
Inception
August 27, 1991[31]
Official website
www.jigawanigeria.com, jigawastate.gov.ng[32][33]

Location

Country
Nigeria[3]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 12.000°, 9.750°
Continent
Africa[5]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Nigeria[2]
Shares border with
Yobe State, Bauchi State, Kano State, Katsina State, Zinder Region[8][9][10][11][12]

Population and size

Area
+23154[38]
Population
+4361002, +6000163[34][35]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 4,361,002 · 6,000,163 GeoNames 7,499,100 edition 2026-09-26 · CC BY 4.0 ↗

Codes

Located in time zone
UTC+01:00[30]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata UTC+01:00 GeoNames Africa/Lagos edition 2026-09-26 · CC BY 4.0 ↗
Postal code
720001[29]
More facts +10
Capital
Dutse[6]
Contains the administrative territorial entity
Auyo, Buji, Dutse, Gagarawa, Birnin Kudu, Biriniwa, Babura, Kafin Hausa, Kaugama, Jahun, Gumel, Guri, Gwaram, Gwiwa, Hadejia, Garki, Kiri Kasama, Kiyawa, Maigatari, Malam Madori, Miga, Ringim, Roni, Yankwashi, Taura, Sule Tankarkar, Kazaure[13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26]
Executive body
executive council of Jigawa State[28]
Geoshape
🗺️ View shape: Nigeria/Jigawa
Head of government
Umar Namadi[4]
Language used
Warji, Bade, Manga Kanuri[39][40][41]
Legislative body
Jigawa State House of Assembly[27]
Office held by head of government
Governor of Jigawa State[36]
Official language
English[7]
Replaces
Kano State[37]
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 24
GND ID
16177099-X
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Dutse Mountains, Dutse Jigawa State, Nigeria by Micheal Jerry Eshemokhai (9).jpg ↗
BBC Things ID
3a4977f3-1e2f-4f70-af38-ab162fa3e9d6
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
jigawa
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
place/Jigawa
FIPS 10-4 (countries and regions)
NI39
Freebase ID
/m/06xjly
GNS Unique Feature ID
29625
GeoNames ID
2565345
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID
7015045
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
jigawa
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0265618
Show all 24 identifiers +12
HASC
NG.JI
INaturalist place ID
11429
ISO 3166-2 code
NG-JI
Mindat locality ID
158288
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3917980
OpenStreetMap relation ID
3703236
OpenWeatherMap city ID
2565345
Proleksis enciklopedija ID
56076
Quora topic ID
Jigawa-State, Nigeria-Jigawa
Topic's main category
Category:Jigawa State
Who's on First ID
85675421
Yale LUX ID
place/9cfd5a69-99f2-401c-aa51-4745558927d7

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🔗 Connections
Contained subdivisions 33
Hausa people, Kanuri people, Dutse, Gumel, Hadejia, Birnin Kudu, Kazaure, Biriniwa +25 more
Contains the administrative territorial entity 27
Dutse, Gumel, Hadejia, Birnin Kudu, Kazaure, Biriniwa, Auyo, Babura +19 more
Located in this place 6
Jigawa Golden Stars F.C., 2024 Majiya fuel tanker explosion, Dutse International Airport, Sule Lamido University, Jigawa State Polytechnic, Dutse, Federal University Dutse
Shares border with 5
Bauchi State, Kano State, Yobe State, Katsina State, Zinder Region
← Shares border with 5
Bauchi State, Kano State, Yobe State, Katsina State, Zinder Region
← Indigenous to 3
Bade, Warji, Ɗuwai
Language used 2
Bade, Warji
People born here 2
Nana Abdullahi, Laila Dogonyaro
Belongs to 1
list of capitals of states of Nigeria
Capital 1
Dutse
Continent 1
Africa
Country 1
Nigeria
Instance of 1
state of Nigeria
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Nigeria
Located in time zone 1
UTC+01:00
Official language 1
English
Replaces 1
Kano State
Topic's main category 1
Category:Jigawa State
← Capital of 1
Dutse
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Jigawa State
← Contains the administrative territorial entity 1
Nigeria
← Work location 1
Kano Electricity Distribution Company
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Summary

Jigawa State is a state of Nigeria[1].

Related Entities

Dutse Federal University Dutse Greenland University, Jigawa Jigawa State College of Education Jigawa State Polytechnic, Dutse Khadija University, Majia Nigeria Sule Lamido University

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  33. [34] ↑ . web.archive.org. web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [35] ↑ . nigerianstat.gov.ng. nigerianstat.gov.ng. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18w ago · Daniel Vincenc · 2026-06-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Flag image → Flag of Jigawa State.svg
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Flag image: Flag of Jigawa State.svg"
  2. 23w ago · King ChristLike · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Head of government → Umar Namadi
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Head of government: Umar Namadi"
  3. 24w ago · Shem.iz · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Capital → Dutse
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 12, 'lon': 9.75}
    Inception → +1991-08-27T00:00:00Z
    Legislative body → Jigawa State House of Assembly
    + 28 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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