Bauchi

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Bauchi

Total population

316,173

Coordinates10.31°, 9.85°

Demographic figures from National Bureau of Statistics (Nigeria). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Bauchi is a state located in northeastern Nigeria. It is bordered by Jigawa to the north, Yobe to the north-east, Gombe to the east, Taraba and Plateau to the south, Kaduna to the west and Kano to the northwest respectfully. It takes its name from the historic city of Bauchi, which also serves as its capital. The state was formed in the year 1976, when the former North-Eastern State was broken up. It originally included the area that is now Gombe State, which became a distinct state in 1996.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Abubakar Tafawa Balewa

Nigerian politician (1912-1966)

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Malachy John Goltok

Catholic bishop (1965-2015)

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Adamu Mu'azu

Nigerian politician

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Abubakar Habu Hashidu

Nigerian politician (1944–2018)

Aminu Saleh

Nigerian politician

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Chigozie Christopher

Nigerian footballer

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Hammed Ali

Military Administrator of Kaduna State, Nigeria 1996-1998

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Ibrahim Lame

Nigerian Senator and Minister of Police Affairs (1953-2019)

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Salisu Matori

Nigerian politician

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Sulaiman Mohammed Nazif

Nigeria politician

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Mohammed Umar

writer

Patrick Pascal

Nigerian association football player

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Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad

Nigerian author and judge

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Samuel Elijah

Nigerian association football player

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Andy Amadi Okoroafor

Nigerian film director

Mahmood Yakubu

Mahmoud yakubu is the current chairman of INEC.

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Bauchi

• Zók
  2514.1 mi away · pop. 249
• Coronel João Sá
  3578 mi away · pop. 17,056
• Chorrochó
  3619.7 mi away · pop. 10,579
• Cardeal da Silva
  3623.4 mi away · pop. 8,365
• Segredo
  3628.4 mi away
• Canché
  3629.4 mi away
• Itamira
  3634.6 mi away · pop. 9,000
• Ibatuí
  3635.2 mi away
• Cipó
  3636.2 mi away · pop. 17,230
• Nova Soure
  3637.6 mi away · pop. 24,236
• Inhambupe
  3644.9 mi away · pop. 33,790
• Bedengó
  3648.1 mi away

Browse all places in Bauchi →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Bauchi

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

hairy indigo

Indigofera hirsuta

Seen 2026-09-16

Spermacoce chaetocephala

Spermacoce chaetocephala

Seen 2026-09-16

Spermacoce stachydea

Spermacoce stachydea

Seen 2026-09-16

Tropical Girdlepod

Mitracarpus hirtus

Seen 2026-09-16

Broad-leaf water sprite

Ceratopteris cornuta

Seen 2026-09-15

buttonweed

Spermacoce senensis

Seen 2026-09-13

Albuca abyssinica

Albuca abyssinica

Seen 2026-09-13

feathery pennisetum

Cenchrus setosus

Seen 2026-09-12

Euclasta condylotricha

Euclasta condylotricha

Seen 2026-09-12

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).