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Maiduguri

Nigeria

Watercolour of Maiduguri, Nigeria. Centered around Shehu of Borno Palace, Maiduguri Central Mosque, Dandal Way with its shady neem avenues, and Kanuri earthen architecture. Featuring Palace of the Shehu of Borno and Maiduguri Central Mosque.
AI-generated artistic rendering. Painted from written research on the city's setting, architecture and materials — not from a photograph.
What guided this image
Landmarks
Palace of the Shehu of Borno; Maiduguri Central Mosque; Dandal Way; Kanuri; Ngadda River; Borno State Museum; lush Sudan-Sahel savanna flora; Kanem-Borno
Viewpoint
Favor the classic viewpoint looking across the landscape toward the signature landmarks of Maiduguri, showing regional foliage and foreground textures, the iconic architectural monuments in the middle-ground, and the distant horizon fading in the background.
Palette
Green should be the predominant color, especially in dense canopies of neem trees lining boulevards, ancient baobabs, and acacia groves.
Population1,110,000Wikidata: 3,347,898
Coordinates11.85°N, 13.16°E
Area132,000 km²
Time zoneAfrica/LagosUTC+1
Solar noon12:07clock runs 0.1 h ahead of the sun

Through the Earth

Dig straight through the Earth from Maiduguri and you surface nearest to Faleāsao, American Samoa — 391 km from the exact antipodal point.

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Twinned cities

Wikidata records no twinned cities for Maiduguri inside this atlas.

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