Lokoja

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Lokoja is a city in central Nigeria located at the strategic confluence of the Niger and Benue rivers and serves as the capital of Kogi State.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Lokoja canonical 17

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
administrativeDivision Kogi State ⓘ
capitalOf Kogi State ⓘ
climate tropical savanna climate ⓘ
country Nigeria ⓘ
countryCode NG ⓘ
countrySubdivisionType state capital ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel approximately 55 meters ⓘ
formerCapitalOf Northern Nigeria Protectorate ⓘ
linked to: Northern Nigeria
governingBody Kogi State Government ⓘ
linked to: Kogi State
hasFeature river port ⓘ
state government offices ⓘ
hasFunction administrative center of Kogi State ⓘ
commercial center in central Nigeria ⓘ
hasGeographicalFeature river confluence ⓘ
hasRoadConnectionTo Abuja ⓘ
Benin City ⓘ
Ilorin ⓘ
Onitsha ⓘ
historicalRole colonial administrative center in Nigeria ⓘ
historicalSignificance early center of British presence in inland Nigeria ⓘ
isInRiverBasin Niger River basin ⓘ
linked to: Niger River valley
isStateCapital true ⓘ
knownFor confluence of Niger and Benue rivers ⓘ
role as capital of Kogi State ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
Hausa ⓘ
Igala ⓘ
Yoruba ⓘ
locatedAtConfluenceOf Benue River ⓘ
Niger River ⓘ
locatedIn Kogi State ⓘ
locatedInGeopoliticalZone North Central geopolitical zone of Nigeria ⓘ
locatedInRegion Central Nigeria ⓘ
locatedOnContinent Africa ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Benue River ⓘ
Niger River ⓘ
majorRiverNearby Benue River ⓘ
Niger River ⓘ
region North Central Nigeria ⓘ
religionPracticed Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
settlementType urban area ⓘ
strategicLocation confluence of Niger and Benue rivers ⓘ
timeZone West Africa Time ⓘ
transportRole river transport hub ⓘ
road transport junction ⓘ
utcOffset +1 ⓘ

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Referenced by (17)

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

Benue River → mouthLocation → Lokoja ⓘ
Benue River → flowsThrough → Lokoja ⓘ
Kogi State → capital → Lokoja ⓘ
Kogi State → largestCity → Lokoja ⓘ
Central Nigeria → majorCity → Lokoja ⓘ
Jebba Dam → upstreamFrom → Lokoja ⓘ
Auchi → roadConnection → Lokoja ⓘ
Kogi State → capital → Lokoja ⓘ
subject linked to: Kogi
Kogi State → hasMajorCity → Lokoja ⓘ
subject linked to: Kogi
Ebira people → majorTown → Lokoja ⓘ