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Kebbi State

state in Nigeria
AdministrativeArea state_of_nigeria Q748523

Facts

22 properties
Instance of
state of Nigeria
Inception
August 27, 1991[29]
Country
Nigeria[3]
Official website
www.kebbistate.gov.ng[30]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 11.500°, 4.000°
Area
+36800[35]
Capital
Birnin Kebbi[6]
Contains the administrative territorial entity
Aleiro, Jega, Gwandu, Birnin Kebbi, Bunza, Dandi, Fakai, Argungu, Arewa Dandi, Augie, Bagudo, Sakaba, Ngaski, Maiyama, Koko/Besse, Kalgo, Suru, Shanga, Wasagu/Danko, Yauri, Zuru[11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24]
Continent
Africa[5]
Executive body
Executive Council of Kebbi State[26]
Geoshape
🗺️ View shape: Nigeria/Kebbi
Head of government
Abubakar Atiku Bagudu, Nasir Idris[4]
Language used
Damakawa, Kyenga, Hun-Saare, Lela, Lopa, Kimba, Shanga, Vadi, Lyase, Shingini, Busa, Cipu, Dendi, Reshe, ut-Ma'in, Zarma, Gibanawa, Tsishingini, Tsucuba, Boko[36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49]
Legislative body
Kebbi State House of Assembly[25]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Nigeria[2]
Located in time zone
UTC+01:00[28]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata UTC+01:00 GeoNames Africa/Lagos edition 2026-09-26 · CC BY 4.0 ↗
Office held by head of government
Governor of Kebbi State[33]
Official language
English[7]
Population
+3256541, +4440050[31][32]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 3,256,541 · 4,440,050 GeoNames 5,563,900 edition 2026-09-26 · CC BY 4.0 ↗
Postal code
860001[27]
Replaces
Sokoto State[34]
Shares border with
Sokoto State, Zamfara State, Niger State[8][9][10]
🏷️ Also known as
en Kebbi State en NG-KE ar ولايه كبي ar ولاية كبي ar ولاية كبّي ar كبّي cs Kebbi (stát) da Kebbi de Kebbi State de NG-KE el Κέμπι fa ایالت کبی hi केबी राज्य ja ケッビ州 ja ケビ州 ko 케비주 pt Estado de Kebbi ro Statul Kebbi ru Кебби th รัฐเคบบิ
🔖 Identifiers · 20
GND ID
6143068-7
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
2348062485060 status 2b373f39e3d94f9a849107b31fc9f744.jpg ↗
BBC Things ID
30a188a0-2253-44e0-9691-3044f9a9c2b9
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
place/Kebbi-state-Nigeria, place/Kebbi-historical-kingdom-Africa
FIPS 10-4 (countries and regions)
NI40
Freebase ID
/m/06xjnk
GNS Unique Feature ID
9153499
GeoNames ID
2597363
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID
7015046
HASC
NG.KE
INaturalist place ID
11433
ISO 3166-2 code
NG-KE
Show all 20 identifiers +8
Mindat locality ID
158290
MusicBrainz area ID
3e739908-f6b0-4f38-9b09-5346cd81c177
OpenStreetMap relation ID
3707933
OpenWeatherMap city ID
2597363
Quora topic ID
Kebbi-State
Topic's main category
Category:Kebbi State
Who's on First ID
85675447
Yale LUX ID
place/10440c3c-fa1f-4f2a-a10e-0dd75f814418

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🔗 Connections
Contained subdivisions 29
Hausa people, Birnin Kebbi, Kainji Lake, Argungu, Zarma people, Argungu Fishing Festival, Gwandu, Zuru +21 more
Contains the administrative territorial entity 20
Argungu, Gwandu, Zuru, Aleiro, Bagudo, Jega, Dandi, Fakai +12 more
Language used 17
Zarma, Dendi, Cipu, Boko, Busa, ut-Ma'in, Lela, Reshe +9 more
← Indigenous to 16
Zarma, Dendi, Cipu, Boko, ut-Ma'in, Lela, Reshe, Shingini +8 more
People born here 5
Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, Adamu Aliero, Halima Hassan Tukur, Bello Bala Shehu, Mallam Dendo
Shares border with 3
Niger State, Sokoto State, Zamfara State
← Shares border with 3
Niger State, Sokoto State, Zamfara State
Located in this place 2
Federal University, Birnin Kebbi, Federal University of Agriculture, Zuru
Belongs to 1
list of capitals of states of Nigeria
Capital 1
Birnin Kebbi
Continent 1
Africa
Country 1
Nigeria
Head of government 1
Abubakar Atiku Bagudu
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
Sokoto State
Topic's main category 1
Category:Kebbi State
← Capital of 1
Birnin Kebbi
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Kebbi State
← Contains the administrative territorial entity 1
Nigeria
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Summary

Kebbi State is a state of Nigeria[1].

Related Entities

Federal University, Birnin Kebbi Federal University of Agriculture, Zuru Nigeria Rayhaan University

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . nggovernorsforum.org. Retrieved . nggovernorsforum.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 18w ago · GideonEkam · 2026-06-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Head of government → Abubakar Atiku Bagudu, Nasir Idris
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ Instance of: state of Nigeria"
  2. 23w ago · Shem.iz · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Capital → Birnin Kebbi
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 11.5, 'lon': 4}
    Inception → +1991-08-27T00:00:00Z
    Legislative body → Kebbi State House of Assembly
    + 28 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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