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North East

6 states · 26 million people · 0 km²
Geopolitical zone comprising Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Adamawa, Yobe, Taraba.
🏛️
6
States
📍
112
LGAs
👥
26.3M
Population
🎓
18
Universities
🛒
6
Markets
🚏
18
Transit stops
North East on the map
State centroids · click any pin to open the state page
States in North East
6 states · alphabetical · click any state for the full profile
Capital: Yola
Top GDP
21
LGAs
4.2M
Pop
km²
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Capital: Bauchi
Top pop
20
LGAs
6.5M
Pop
km²
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Capital: Maiduguri
27
LGAs
5.9M
Pop
km²
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Capital: Gombe
11
LGAs
3.3M
Pop
km²
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Capital: Jalingo
16
LGAs
3.1M
Pop
km²
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Capital: Damaturu
17
LGAs
3.3M
Pop
km²
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States compared
All 6 states side by side · sortable metrics
State Capital LGAs Areas Population km² GDP (USD m)
Adamawa Yola 21 1 4,248,400
Bauchi Bauchi 20 3 6,537,300
Borno Maiduguri 27 3 5,860,200
Gombe Gombe 11 2 3,257,000
Taraba Jalingo 16 2 3,066,800
Yobe Damaturu 17 2 3,294,100
Universities in North East
18 tertiary institutions across the zone
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federal · Est. 1980 · Bauchi
university
state · Est. 2002 · Adamawa
university
private · Est. 2005 · Adamawa
university
state · Est. 2016 · Borno
university
federal · Est. 1976 · Adamawa
college of education
federal · Est. 1979 · Bauchi
polytechnic
federal · Est. 1992 · Yobe
polytechnic
federal · Est. 1979 · Adamawa
polytechnic
federal · Est. 2013 · Yobe
university
Markets across North East
6 markets · trade hubs throughout the zone
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Bauchi · Open
Borno · Open
Gombe · Open
Adamawa · Open
Taraba · Open
North East at a deeper look
Languages, ethnic groups, religions and economic profile aggregated across all states

🗣️ Top languages

Hausa 6 statesEnglish 6 statesFulfulde 3 statesKanuri 2 states

👥 Ethnic groups

Fulani 3 statesHausa-Fulani 3 statesKanuri 2 statesBachama 1 statesBata 1 statesMargi 1 statesGerawa 1 statesSayawa 1 states

⛪ Religions

Islam 6 statesChristianity 4 states

💼 Major industries

Agriculture Livestock Tourism Trading Tourism (Yankari) Mining Cement Tea (Mambilla) Trade
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About the North East zone

The North East zone is one of Nigeria's six geopolitical zones, grouping 6 states with a combined population of approximately 26 million across 0 km² of land area. Geopolitical zone comprising Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Adamawa, Yobe, Taraba.

The zone hosts 112 Local Government Areas, 18 universities, 6 markets, and 18 mapped transit stops. Click any state below to drill into its specific profile, LGAs, areas, and points of interest.

States in the North East zone

The 6 states in North East are: Adamawa (capital: Yola), Bauchi (capital: Bauchi), Borno (capital: Maiduguri), Gombe (capital: Gombe), Taraba (capital: Jalingo), and Yobe (capital: Damaturu).

Each state has its own comprehensive profile on Locate.ng covering governor, motto, demographics, climate, economy, major industries, postal codes, transit options, universities, NYSC camps and a full long-form profile.

What we cover for North East

For this zone, we aggregate data across every constituent state: total 4 businesses in our directory, 1 institutions (government offices, embassies, agencies), 3 NIPOST postal codes, and 0 indexed commute routes. Use the states grid above to drill into any specific state, the comparison table to see all states side by side, the universities section for tertiary education options, the most populous LGAs for urban centres, or the demographics breakdown for languages, ethnic groups and industries.

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