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Maiduguri

capital and largest city of Borno state in Northeastern Nigeria
City city Q221436
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Summary

Maiduguri is a city[1]. Maiduguri draws 980 Wikipedia views per month (city category, ranking #554 of 5,534).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Maiduguri[3]
  • Country: Nigeria[4]
  • Continent: Africa[5]
  • Instance of: big city[6]
  • Postal code: https://www.google.com/search?q=postal+code+for+Maiduguri&oq=postal+code+for+Maiduguri+&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyCggAEEUYFhgeGDkyCAgBEAAYFhgeMggIAhAAGBYYHjIICAMQABgWGB4yCAgEEAAYFhgeMggIBRAAGBYYHjIICAYQABgWGB4yCAgHEAAYFhgeMggICBAAGBYYHjIICAkQABgWGB4yCAgKEAAYFhgeMggICxAAGBYYHjIICAwQABgWGB4yCAgNEAAYFhgeMggIDhAAGBYYHtIBCDIyODZqMGo3qAIUsAIB8QVHCkBA4VG7ww&client=ms-android-transsion-infinix-rev1&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8[7]
  • Commons category: Maiduguri[8]
  • Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[9]
  • Inception: 1909[10]
  • Official website: https://bornostate.gov.ng/[11]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Maiduguri[12]
  • Population: 1,197,497[13]
  • Capital of: Borno State[14]
  • Category for people who died here: Q26214240[15]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Maiduguri[16]
  • Different from: Maiduguri[17]
  • Elevation above sea level: 320 m[18]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Maiduguri include Maiduguri International Airport[19], an international airport[20], in Nigeria[21].

Why It Matters

Maiduguri has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] Maiduguri is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

Entities named for Maiduguri include Maiduguri International Airport[19], an international airport[20], in Nigeria[21].

Related Entities

Al-Ansar University Maiduguri Al Ansar UNIVERSITY Maiduguri city Lake Chad Research Institute Nigeria University of Maiduguri

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . nairaland.com. nairaland.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [20] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. 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. 8w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Category of associated people → Category:People from Maiduguri
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Maiduguri
    Official website → https://bornostate.gov.ng/
    Postal code → https://www.google.com/search?q=postal+code+for+Maiduguri&oq
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48043|batch #48043]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
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