Sandamu: facts

At a glance

• Country: Nigeria
• Region: Katsina State
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Coordinates: 12.9616° N, 8.3602° E
• Time zone: Africa/Lagos (UTC+01:00)
• Currency: Naira (NGN)
• Distance to the capital, Abuja: 444 km (276 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Umaru Musa Yar'adua Airport (DKA): 76 km (47 mi), straight line
• Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (KAN): 103 km (64 mi), straight line
• Zinder Airport (ZND, Niger): 113 km (70 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Daura: 8.9 km (5.5 mi)
• Zango: 17 km (11 mi)
• Gwiwa: 20 km (13 mi)
• Zungunba: 24 km (15 mi)
• Karkarna: 27 km (17 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Katsina, 82 km (51 mi)