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Maiduguri

Maiduguri is the capital of Borno State, Nigeria. Its population was just over one million in 2009.1. Among the buildings are the El Kanemi Stadium, used for soccer. The majority speak Central Kanuri2 and are Moslems.

truck that says ba sarki sai allah with peace signs
photo of truck with 'there is no king but allah' in Hausa

Historical Maps

map showing Nigeria, 2000 CE

Footnotes

(1) world-gazetteer.com, accessed 12/19/2009
(2) Nigeria map 4 in Raymond G. Gordon, Jr., ed., Ethnologue Languages of the World, 15th ed. (SIL International, 2005).