Bakura: facts

At a glance

• Country: Nigeria
• Region: Zamfara State
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Coordinates: 12.7114° N, 5.8737° E
• Time zone: Africa/Lagos (UTC+01:00)
• Currency: Naira (NGN)
• Distance to the capital, Abuja: 443 km (275 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Sadiq Abubakar III International Airport (SKO): 76 km (47 mi), straight line
• Umaru Musa Yar'adua Airport (DKA): 196 km (122 mi), straight line
• Kaduna International Airport (KAD): 274 km (170 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Talata Mafara: 26 km (16 mi)
• Tureta: 38 km (24 mi)
• Maradun: 43 km (27 mi)
• Dange: 59 km (37 mi)
• Rabah: 61 km (38 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Sokoto, 79 km (49 mi)