Kukawa Local Government Area

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Kukawa Local Government Area is an administrative region in Borno State, northeastern Nigeria, centered around the historic town of Kukawa near the shores of Lake Chad.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Kukawa Local Government Area canonical 2

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf local government area
administrativeCenter Kukawa
administrativeDivisionOf Borno State
borderingCountry Cameroon
Chad
Niger
climate Sahelian
semi-arid
country Nigeria
federalConstituency Kukawa Federal Constituency
governmentType local government council
hasEthnicGroup Hausa people
Kanuri people
Shuwa Arabs
hasFeature floodplains
seasonal rivers
wetlands
hasLeaderTitle Local Government Chairman
hasReligion Islam
hasSettlement Baga
Cross Kauwa
Doron Baga
Kukawa
historicalSignificance near former capital of the Bornu Empire
isoCode NG.BO.KU
languageSpoken Arabic (Shuwa dialect)
Hausa
Kanuri
linked to: Kanuri people
locatedIn Borno State
locatedInGeopoliticalZone North East
locatedInRegion Northeastern Nigeria
linked to: North East Nigeria
locatedNear historic Bornu Empire area
locatedOn Lake Chad Basin
linked to: Lake Chad basin
namedAfter Kukawa
near Lake Chad
partOf Borno Emirate area
linked to: Borno Emirate
postalCodePrefix 602
primaryEconomicActivity farming
fishing
livestock rearing
trade
securityIssue Boko Haram insurgency
Islamic State West Africa Province attacks
stateCapital Maiduguri
timeZone West Africa Time
usesCurrency Nigerian naira
utcOffset +1

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kukawa administrativeDivision Kukawa Local Government Area
Kukawa isSeatOf Kukawa Local Government Area