Gumel: facts

At a glance

• Country: Nigeria
• Region: Jigawa State
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 42,742
• Coordinates: 12.6269° N, 9.3881° E
• Time zone: Africa/Lagos (UTC+01:00)
• Currency: Naira (NGN)
• Distance to the capital, Abuja: 447 km (278 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (KAN): 114 km (71 mi), straight line
• Zinder Airport (ZND, Niger): 135 km (84 mi), straight line
• Umaru Musa Yar'adua Airport (DKA): 192 km (119 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Sule Tankarkar: 18 km (11 mi)
• Maigatari: 21 km (13 mi)
• Gagarawa: 29 km (18 mi)
• Garki: 30 km (19 mi)
• Kaugama: 41 km (26 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Hadejia, 73 km (46 mi)