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Argungu
Kebbi, Nigeria · Africa
About Argungu
Argungu sits on the route: 20 minutes from Augie.
Argungu is in Kebbi, Nigeria, with about 46,000 people. The nearest town is Augie, about 18 km away.
Argungu is a city in Nigeria's Kebbi State, situated on the Sokoto River. As of 2007 Argungu had an estimated population of 47,064.
The city is the seat of the Argungu Emirate, a traditional state.
The city is a major agricultural center for the area, with key crops including tobacco, peanuts, rice, millet, wheat,Read more
and sorghum. The city also hosts an annual international fishing festival which was suspended for 11 years. The Argungu fishing festival was held again in the year 2020 from March 11–14
Argungu has a museum where the historic turbulence and artifactare being kept, and displayed. It is called Kanta museum AKA Gidan Nabame. The dead emirs of the emirates are also buried in the museum.
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Argungu is in Kebbi, Nigeria, about 18 km from Augie.
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- Population
- 45,584
- Continent
- Africa
- Country
- Nigeria
- Region
- Kebbi
- Timezone
- Africa/Lagos
- Coordinates
- 12.7448, 4.5251
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Year-round
Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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